You May Also Like / View all maxioms
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
A truth that disheartens because it is true is of more value than the most stimulating of falsehoods.
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
You will be as much value to others as you have been to yourself.
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
Nothing can have value without being an object of utility.
Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need read more
Some values are ... like sugar on the doughnut, legitimate, desirable, but insufficient, apart from the doughnut itself. We need substance as well as frosting.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value.
Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day
Only the man who crosses the river at night knows the value of the light of day
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater read more
The value of compassion cannot be over-emphasized. Anyone can criticize. It takes a true believer to be compassionate. No greater burden can be borne by an individual than to know no one cares or understands.
Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
Any relic of the dead is precious, if they were valued living.
He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should read more
He who does not feel his friends to be the world to him, does not deserve that the world should hear of him.
