Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.
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If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
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Real education should educate us out of self into something far finer - into a selflessness which links us with all humanity.
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We all of us need assistance. Those who sustain others themselves want to be sustained. - The Way of the Heart.
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For an actress to be a success, she must have the face of Venus, the brains of a Minerva, the grace of Terpsichore, the memory of a Macaulay, the figure of Juno, and the hide of a rhinoceros.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. [John 8:32].
And you will know the truth, and the truth will make you free. [John 8:32].
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers.
To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.
To me the charm of an encyclopedia is that it knows and I needn't.
