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Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.
Teach us that wealth is not elegance, that profusion is not magnificence, that splendor is not beauty.
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with read more
People exaggerate the value of things they haven't got: everybody worships truth and unselfishness because they have no experience with them.
Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common read more
Our American values are not luxuries but necessities, not the salt in our bread, but the bread itself. Our common vision of a free and just society is our greatest source of cohesion at home and strength abroad, greater than the bounty of our material blessings.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
Price is what you pay. Value is what you get.
The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of read more
The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain; and there is no good theory of disease which does not at once suggest a cure.
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my read more
A stockbroker urged me to buy a stock that would triple its value every year. I told him, "At my age, I don't even buy green bananas."
Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.
Idealism is what precedes experience, cynicism is what follows.
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
Cynicism is the intellectual cripple's substitute for intelligence.
