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It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
It is always the best policy to speak the truth, unless, of course, you are an exceptionally good liar.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Knowledge and human power are synonymous.
Oh, how bitter it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
Oh, how bitter it is to look into happiness through another man's eyes.
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your read more
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he read more
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
Often a noble face hides filthy ways.
Often a noble face hides filthy ways.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The read more
Every hardship; every joy; every temptation is a challenge of the spirit; that the human soul may prove itself. The great chain of necessity wherewith we are bound has divine significance; and nothing happens which has not some service in working out the sublime destiny of the human soul.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
