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He is rich that is satisfied.
He is rich that is satisfied.
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving read more
Is there any one maxim which ought to be acted upon throughout one's whole life? Surely the maxim of loving kindness is such: Do not unto others what you would not they should do unto you.
The social kiss is an exchange of insincerity between two combatants on the field of social advancement. It places hygiene read more
The social kiss is an exchange of insincerity between two combatants on the field of social advancement. It places hygiene before affection and condescension before all else.
Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience.
Error always addresses the passions and prejudices; truth scorns such mean intrigue, and only addresses the understanding and the conscience.
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other read more
She who makes her husband and her children happy, who reclaims the one from vice, and trains up the other to virtue, is a much greater character than the ladies described in romance, whose whole occupation is to murder mankind with shafts from their quiver or their eyes.
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its read more
Woe to the man whose heart has not learned while young to hope, to love - and to put its trust in life.
Tenderness is a virtue.
Tenderness is a virtue.
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, read more
Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleased, one must please. What pleases you in others, will in general please them in you.
There can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.
There can be no happiness equal to the joy of finding a heart that understands.
