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Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.
Some are weather-wise, some are otherwise.
If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since read more
If out of all mankind one finds a single friend, he has found something more precious than any treasure, since there is nothing in the world so valuable that it can be compared to a real friend.
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All read more
The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
Wicked men obey out of fear; good men, out of love.
Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human read more
Contempt for happiness is usually contempt for other people's happiness, and is an elegant disguise for hatred of the human race
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
The value of a man resides in what he gives and not in what he is capable of receiving.
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting read more
No man, for any considerable period, can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which one is true.
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance read more
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him read more
Man is a being with free will; therefore, each man is potentially good or evil, and it's up to him and only him (through his reasoning mind) to decide which he wants to be.
