Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

Lying is an indispensable part of making life tolerable.

You are at enmity with yourself.

You are at enmity with yourself.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

Anger cannot be dishonest.

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.

I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and read more

I'm afraid we have become a nation of plodders, who feel that all problems can be found in books and that the answers are on a certain page.

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.

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.

It contains a misleading impression, not a lie. It was being economical with the truth.

Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of read more

Argument is conclusive... but... it does not remove doubt, so that the mind may rest in the sure knowledge of the truth, unless it finds it by the method of experiment. For if any man who never saw fire proved by satisfactory arguments that fire burns. his hearer's mind would never be satisfied, nor would he avoid the fire until he put his hand in it that he might learn by experiment what argument taught.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.

Our greatest glory is not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.