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- Incline us oh God! to think humbly of ourselves, to be severe only in the examination of our own conduct, to consider our fellow-creatures with…
- Thus much indeed he was obliged to acknowledge - that he had been constant unconsciously, nay unintentionally; that he had meant to forget her, and…
- I have frequently detected myself in such kind of mistakes... in a total misapprehension of character at some point or other: fancying people so much…
- my good qualities are under your protection, and you are to exaggerate them as much as possible; and, in return, it belongs to me to…
- How horrible it is to have so many people killed! And what a blessing that one cares for none of them!
- I use the verb 'to torment,' as I observed to be your own method, instead of 'to instruct,' supposing them to be now admitted as…
- people always live for ever when there is an annuity to be paid them
- I am excessively fond of a cottage; there is always so much comfort, so much elegance about them. And I protest, if I had any…
- It would be difficult to say which had seen highest perfection in the other, or which had been the happiest: she, in receiving his declarations…
- My ideas flow so rapidly that I have not time to express them──by which means my letters sometimes convey no ideas at all to my…
- There seemed a gulf impassable between them.
- I often think," she said, "that there is nothing so bad as parting with one's friends. One seems to forlorn without them.
- But Shakespeare one gets acquainted with without knowing how. It is a part of an Englishman's constitution. His thoughts and beauties are so spread abroad…
- That is what I like; that is what a young man ought to be. Whatever be his pursuits, his eagerness in them should know no…
- I am fond of history and am very well contented to take the false with the true. In the principal facts they have sources of…
- I do assure you, Sir, that I have no pretension whatever of that kind of elegance which consists in tormenting a respectable man. I would…
- It was not in her nature, however, to increase her vexations by dwelling on them. She was confident of having performed her duty, and to…
- If you will thank me '' he replied let it be for yourself alone. That the wish of giving happiness to you might add force…
- His feelings are warm, but I can imagine them rather changeable.
- If any young men come for Mary or Kitty, send them in, for I am quite as leisure.
- Sometimes one is guided by what they say of themselves, and very frequently by what other people say of them, without giving oneself time to…
- Sophia shrieked and fainted on the ground – I screamed and instantly ran mad. We remained thus mutually deprived of our senses, some minutes, and…
- She was stronger alone; and her own good sense so well supported her, that her firmness was as unshaken, her appearance of cheerfulness as invariable,…
- She knew that what Marianne and her mother conjectured one moment, they believed the next: that with them, to wish was to hope, and to…
- And your defect is a propensity to hate everybody." "And yours," he replied with a smile, "is willfully to misunderstand them.
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- Poets are the only people to whom love is not only a crucial, but an indispensable experience, which entitles them to mistake… — Hannah Arendt
- A high heart ought to bear calamities and not flee them, since in bearing them appears the grandeur of the mind and… — Pietro Aretino
- If you want to annoy your neighbors, tell the truth about them. — Pietro Aretino
- Flattery and deceit are the darlings of great men, and so with these men spread the butter on thick, if you want… — Pietro Aretino
- As we all know, many people remain buried under tons of rubble and debris, waiting to be rescued. When we think of… — Jean-Bertrand Aristide
- Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life, those… — Aristotle
- In a democracy the poor will have more power than the rich, because there are more of them, and the will of… — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- Both oligarch and tyrant mistrust the people, and therefore deprive them of their arms. — Aristotle
- Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them. — Aristotle
- Bring your desires down to your present means. Increase them only when your increased means permit. — Aristotle
- Stories surge up out of nowhere, and if they feel compelling, you follow them. You let them unfold inside you and see… — Paul Auster