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The first rule, indeed by itself virtually a sufficient condition for good style, is to have something to say
The deep pain that is felt at the death of every friendly soul arise from the feeling that there is in every individual something which is inexpressible, peculiar to him alone, and is, therefore, absolutely and irretrievably lost
Religion is the masterpiece of the art of animal training, for it trains people as to how they shall think
Reading is thinking with someone else's head instead of one's own
Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax
Natural ability can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation; but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural ability
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom
Intellect is invisible to the man who has none
Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches
If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else; whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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