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- The more honesty a man has, the less he affects the air of a saint.
- He who sedulously attends, pointedly asks, calmly speaks, coolly answers and ceases when he has no more to say is in possession of some of…
- All belief that does not make us more happy, more free, more loving, more active, more calm, is, I fear, a mistaken and superstitious belief.
- He who reforms himself has done more towards reforming the public than a crowd or noisy, impotent patriots.
- The manner of giving shows the character of the giver, more than the gift itself.
- Who in the same given time can produce more than others has vigor; who can produce more and better, has talents; who can produce what…
- The proverbial wisdom of the populace in the street, on the roads, and in the markets instructs the ear of him who studies man more…
- He who attempts to make others believe in means which he himself despises is a puffer; he who makes use of more means than he…
- The countenance is more eloquent than the tongue.
- Weaknesses, so called, are nothing more nor less than vice in disguise!
- Mistrust the man who finds everything good, the man who finds everything evil and still more the man who is indifferent to everything.
- Mistrust the person who finds everything good, and the person who finds everything evil, and mistrust even more the person who is indifferent to everything.
- Great minds comprehend more in a word, a look, a pressure of the hand than ordinary men in long conversations, or the most elaborate correspondence
- He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots
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