Able Quote by Washington Allston

“..:At times, with or without knowing, we awake something or some things in people that could be either a blessing or a burden. We…

— Rafael Garcia

True modesty does not consist in an ignorance of our merits, but in a due estimate of them.

— Augustus William Hare

Careless of censure, nor too fond of fame, Still pleased to praise, yet not afraid to blame, Averse alike to flatter or offend, Not…

— Alexander Pope

Candor and generosity, unless tempered by due moderation, lead to ruin

— Publius Cornelius Tacitus

Pleasures that are in themselves innocent lose their power of pleasing if they become the sole or main object of pursuit.

— William Edward Hartpole Lecky

A person may be greedy, envious, cowardly, cold, ungenerous, unkind, vain, or conceited, but behave perfectly by a monumental act of the will.

— Thomas Nagel

“We can be enthused by—yes, that’s right, enthused—by the noblest of ideals, but only on condition that we don’t have to expend any effort,…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“The sight of a being who is not adorned with a single feature of a pure and good will, enjoying unbroken prosperity, can never…

— Immanuel Kant

Prudence is a necessary ingredient in all the virtues, without which they degenerate into folly and excess.

— Jeremy Collier

Waste begets self-will; thrift begets meanness: but better be mean than self-willed.

— Confucius

“From time to time I meet people who live among riches I cannot even imagine. I still have to make an effort to realize…

— Albert Camus

Greedy for the property of others, extravagant with his own

— Sallust