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- No man dies for what he knows to be true. Men die for what they want to be true, for what some terror in their…
- As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them, of course, but one cannot possibly admire them. They have made private terms with the enemy,…
- As for the virtuous poor, one can pity them of course, but one cannot possibly admire them.
- In art, the public accept what has been, because they cannot alter it, not because they appreciate it. They swallow their classics whole, and never…
- The only thing that ever consoles man for the stupid things he does is the praise he always gives himself for doing them.
- Whenever cannibals are on the brink of starvation, Heaven, in its infinite mercy, sends them a fat missionary.
- Really, if the lower orders don't set a good example, what on earth is the use of them?
- Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live as one wishes to live. And unselfishness is letting other…
- Each little thing that we do passes into the great machine of life which may grind our virtues to powder and make them worthless, or…
- The great things in life are what they seem to be. And for that reason, strange as it may sound to you, often are very…
- There is no mode of action, no form of emotion, that we do not share with the lower animals. It is only by language that…
- We quaff the cup of life with eager haste without draining it, instead of which it only overflows the brim - objects press around us,…
- They are always asking a writer why he does not write like somebody else, or a painter why he does not paint like somebody else,…
- Do not be afraid of the past. If people tell you that it is irrevocable, do not believe them. The past, the present and the…
- London is full of women who trust their husbands. One can always recognize them. They look so thoroughly unhappy.
- Nobody of any real culture, for instance, ever talks nowadays about the beauty of sunset. Sunsets are quite old fashioned. To admire them is a…
- Agitators are a set of interfering, meddling people, who come down to some perfectly contented class of the community and sow the seeds of discontent…
- Life would be dull without them.
- Few parents nowadays pay any regard to what their children say to them. The old fashioned respect for the young is fast dying out.
- Some temptations are so great it takes great courage to yield to them.
- What seems to us as bitter trials are often blessings in disguise [in the future. But only if we set out to make this true…
- Early in life she had discovered the important truth that nothing looks so like innocence as an indiscretion; and by a series of reckless escapades,…
- The mere mechanical technique of acting can be taught, but the spirit that is to give life to lifeless forms must be born in a…
- Wisdom is to have dreams big enough not to lose sight when we pursue them.
- The cities of America are inexpressibly tedious. The Bostonians take their learning too sadly; culture with them is an accomplishment rather than an atmosphere; their…
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