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Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although read more
Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, go through life as passengers rather than chauffeurs. Although we may pretend that it is the chauffeur who is the social inferior, most of us, like Toad of Toad Hall, would not mind a turn at the wheel ourselves.
When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your read more
When you are unhappy, is there anything more maddening than to be told that you should be contented with your lot?
It is in the character if very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
It is in the character if very few men to honor without envy a friend who has prospered.
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
No man can be happy without a friend, nor be sure of his friend until he is unhappy.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
They that envy others are their inferiors.
No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.
No one is completely unhappy at the failure of his best friend.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Envy will merit as its shade pursue,
But like a shadow, proves the substance true.
Unhappiness does make people look stupid
Unhappiness does make people look stupid
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, read more
A woman has two smiles that an angel might envy, the smile that accepts a lover before words are uttered, and the smile that lights on the first born babe, and assures it of a mother's love.
