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Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?.
Birds sing after a storm; why shouldn't people feel as free to delight in whatever remains to them?.
It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
It's not how much we have, but how much we enjoy, that makes happiness.
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your read more
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
If someone offers you a breath mint, accept it.
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they read more
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.
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but read more
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they read more
I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt.
If at first you don't succeed; you are running about average.
If at first you don't succeed; you are running about average.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than read more
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
