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- All discourse of which others cannot partake is not only an irksome usurpation of the time devoted to pleasure and entertainment, but, what never fails…
- I do not wonder that, where the monastick life is permitted, every order finds votaries, and every monastery inhabitants. Men will submit to any rule,…
- The liberty of the press is a blessing when we are inclined to write against others, and a calamity when we find ourselves overborne by…
- Every one should consider himself as intrusted not only with his own conduct, but with that of others; and as accountable, not only for the…
- No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption…
- When a language begins to teem with books, it is tending to refinement; as those who undertake to teach others must have undergone some labour…
- To live without feeling or exciting sympathy, to be fortunate without adding to the felicity of others, or afflicted without tasting the balm of pity,…
- There is no crime more infamous than the violation of truth. It is apparent that men can be social beings no longer than they believe…
- No man is much regarded by the rest of the world. He that considers how little he dwells upon the condition of others, will learn…
- To understand the works of celebrated authors, to comprehend their systems, and retain their reasonings, is a task more than equal to common intellects; and…
- Persius has justly observed, that knowledge is nothing to him who is not known by others to possess it: to the scholar himself it is…
- Many of our miseries are merely comparative: we are often made unhappy, not by the presence of any real evil, but by the absence of…
- A certain amount of distrust is wholesome, but not so much of others as of ourselves; neither vanity not conceit can exist in the same…
- Every man, however hopeless his pretensions may appear, has some project by which he hopes to rise to reputation; some art by which he imagines…
- Courage is the greatest of all virtues, because if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.
- To keep your secret is wisdom; but to expect others to keep it is folly.
- Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say it makes him more pleasing to others.
- Resolve not to be poor: whatever you have, spend less. Poverty is a great enemy to human happiness; it certainly destroys liberty, and it makes…
- To be idle and to be poor have always been reproaches, and therefore every man endeavors with his utmost care to hide his poverty from…
- We are long before we are convinced that happiness is never to be found, and each believes it possessed by others, to keep alive the…
- If we will have the kindness of others, we must endure their follies.
- He is not only dull himself, but the cause of dulness in others.
- He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
- Advice is offensive, it shows us that we are known to others as well as to ourselves.
- In the decline of life shame and grief are of short duration; whether it be that we bear easily what we have borne long; or…
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- I am a free man. I do not need to copy Petrarca or Boccaccio. My own genius is enough. Let others worry… — Pietro Aretino
- Courage is the first of human qualities because it is the quality which guarantees the others. — Aristotle
- I have gained this from philosophy: that I do without being commanded what others do only from fear of the law. — Aristotle
- True heroism is remarkably sober, very undramatic. It is not the urge to surpass all others at whatever cost, but the urge… — Arthur Ashe
- I accepted the face that as much as I want to lead others, and love to be around other people, in some… — Arthur Ashe
- We are all here on earth to help others; what on earth the others are here for I don't know. — Wystan Hugh Auden
- What does love look like? It has the hands to help others. It has the feet to hasten to the poor and… — Saint Augustine
- Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by others. — Saint Augustine
- I have often wondered how it is that every man loves himself more than all the rest of men, but yet sets… — Marcus Aurelius
- We ought to do good to others as simply as a horse runs, or a bee makes honey, or a vine bears… — Marcus Aurelius
- Vanity and pride are different things, though the words are often used synonymously. A person may be proud without being vain. Pride… — Jane Austen
- To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment. — Jane Austen