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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there read more
There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there is between the counsel of a friend and of a flatterer. For there is no such flatterer as is a man's self.
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
Advice is seldom welcome, and those who need it the most, like it the least.
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a read more
If you can learn from hard knocks, you can also learn from soft touches. - Mannequin: My Life as a Model.
The worst men often give the best advice.
The worst men often give the best advice.
Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too read more
Thinking in words slows you down and actually decreases comprehension in much the same way as walking a tightrope too slowly makes one lose one's balance.
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build read more
When it seems that someone has shattered your dreams....pick up even the smallest of pieces and use them to build bigger and better dreams.
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then read more
Are you in earnest? Seize this very minute! Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Only engage, and then the mind grows heated. Begin, and then the work will be completed.
The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul read more
The soul's impurity consists in bad judgments, and purification consists in producing in it right judgments, and the pure soul is one which has right judgments.
