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As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him read more
As long as you keep a person down, some part of you has to be down there to hold him down, so it means you cannot soar as you otherwise might.
The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.
The object of art is to crystallize emotion into thought and then give it form.
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. read more
There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row.
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.
Never make a defense or apology before you are accused.
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to read more
Revenge is a kind of wild justice, which the more a man's nature runs to, the more ought law to weed it out.
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed read more
Anger is the most impotent of passions. It effects nothing it goes about, and hurts the one who is possessed by it more than the one against whom it is directed.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
Show me a good loser and I'll show you an idiot.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
