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Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
We learn from experience that men never learn anything from experience.
The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge.
The curiosity to know things has been given to man as a scourge.
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.
That which seems the height of absurdity in one generation often becomes the height of wisdom in the next.
As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7].
As a man thinks in his heart, so is he. [Proverbs 23:7].
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
To make one good action succeed another, is the perfection of goodness.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
I have found it is much easier to make a success in life than to make a success of one's read more
I have found it is much easier to make a success in life than to make a success of one's life.
