In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.

We must not always judge of the generality of the opinion by the noise of the acclamation.

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also read more

So when you are listening to somebody, completely, attentively, then you are listening not only to the words, but also to the feeling of what is being conveyed, to the whole of it, not part of it.

It takes two hands to clap.

It takes two hands to clap.

I'll privily away; I love the people,
But do not like to stage me to their eyes;
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I'll privily away; I love the people,
But do not like to stage me to their eyes;
Though it do well, I do not relish well
Their loud applause and aves vehement,
Nor do I think the man of safe discretion
That does not affect it.

Don’t clap I’m not a jazz band for Christ’s sake.

Don’t clap I’m not a jazz band for Christ’s sake.

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the world is the highest applause.

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the
world, is the highest applause.

The silence that accepts merit as the most natural thing in the
world, is the highest applause.

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good read more

The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.