Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
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The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
The superior man understands what is right; the inferior man understands what will sell.
Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.
The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make read more
The hardest part has been maintaining a small head -- remaining down to earth. So many people try to make you more than you are. This business has changed a lot of good people and a lot of good families, and I don't want that to happen to me.
Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward read more
Depend on no man, on no friend but him who can depend on himself. He only who acts conscientiously toward himself, will act so toward others.
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
What you cannot enforce, do not command.
Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.
Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he read more
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The read more
Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The great chain of necessity wherewith we are bound has divine significance; and nothing happens which has not some service in working out the sublime destiny of the human soul.
Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.
Never wrestle with a strong man nor bring a rich man to court.
