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Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch.
Great individuals are not only popular themselves, but they give popularity to whatever they touch.
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
Slander is a poison which kills charity, both in the slanderer and the one who listens.
Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.
Things are seldom what they seem,
Skim milk masquerades as cream.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
Repentance is not so much remorse for what we have done as the fear of the consequences.
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
There is nothing so agonizing to the fine skin of vanity as the application of a rough truth.
Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of read more
Political language. . . is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - read more
Even knowledge has to be in the fashion, and where it is not, it is wise to affect ignorance. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
Charm is a product of the unexpected.
Charm is a product of the unexpected.
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
The person who seeks all their applause from outside has their happiness in another's keeping .
