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A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.
A thing is not vulgar merely because it is common.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
Never ascribe to an opponent motives meaner than your own.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.
Who's not sat tense before his own heart's curtain.
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as read more
People may flatter themselves just as much by thinking that their faults are always present to other people's minds, as if they believe that the world is always contemplating their individual charms and virtues.
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just read more
People deal too much with the negative, with what is wrong. Why not try and see positive things, to just touch those things and make them bloom?
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist.
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a read more
It is the awareness of unfulfilled desires which gives a nation the feeling that it has a mission and a destiny.
