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Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
Man always travels along precipices. His truest obligation is to keep his balance.
The balance of nature is reached when heating the house costs as much as going south for the winter.
The balance of nature is reached when heating the house costs as much as going south for the winter.
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.
Happiness is not a matter of intensity but of balance and order and rhythm and harmony.
I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books read more
I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty well.
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the read more
Education, then, beyond all other devices of human origin, is the great equalizer of the conditions of men -- the balance-wheel of the social machinery.
Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with read more
Democracy is not an easy form of government, because it is never final; it is a living, changing organism, with a continuous shifting and adjusting of balance between individual freedom and general order.
There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read more
There are men who can write poetry, and there are men who can read balance sheets. The men who can read balance sheets cannot write.
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, read more
Something in human nature causes us to start slacking off at our moment of greatest accomplishment. As you become successful, you will need a great deal of self-discipline not to lose your sense of balance, humility, and commitment.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.
What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter.