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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.
Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?
Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
The face of Garbo is an Idea, that of Hepburn an Event.
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the read more
Something that has always puzzled me all my life is why, when I am in special need of help, the good deed is usually done by somebody on whom I have no claim. - The Business of Life.
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test read more
Trials, temptations, disappointments -- all these are helps instead of hindrances, if one uses them rightly. They not only test the fiber of character but strengthen it. Every conquering temptation represents a new fund of moral energy. Every trial endured and weathered in the right spirit makes a soul nobler and stronger than it was before.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is read more
Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
It looks easy, but It's not at all.
It looks easy, but It's not at all.
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.