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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.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
I was never less alone than when by myself.
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a read more
People get so in the habit of worry that if you save them from drowning and put them on a bank to dry in the sun with hot chocolate and muffins they wonder whether they are catching cold.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have read more
Throughout history, it has been the inaction of those who could have acted; the indifference of those who should have known better; the silence of the voice of justice when it mattered most; that has made it possible for evil to triumph.
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of read more
Grow your tree of falsehood from a small grain of truth. Do not follow those who lie in contempt of reality. Let your lie be even more logical than the truth itself, so the weary travelers may find repose.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
To believe in something, and not to live it, is dishonest.
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
Anger begins with folly, and ends with repentance.
Calamity is man's true touchstone.
Calamity is man's true touchstone.