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Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the read more
Advice is like snow; the softer it falls the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress.
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.
Studies serve for delight, for ornaments, and for ability.
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone read more
A child's hand in yours - what tenderness it arouses, what power it conjures. You are instantly the very touchstone of power and wisdom. Merry Browne -Marjorie Holmes.
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active read more
Those who are more adapted to the active life can prepare themselves for contemplation in the practice of the active life, while those who are more adapted to the contemplative life can take upon themselves the works of the active life so as to become yet more apt for contemplation.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
Thoughts are the shadows of our feelings - always darker, emptier and simpler.
