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The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but read more
The best advisers, helpers and friends, always are not those who tell us how to act in special cases, but who give us, out of themselves, the ardent spirit and desire to act right, and leave us then, even through many blunders, to find out what our own form of right action is.
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would read more
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than read more
Discretion of speech is more than eloquence, and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words, or in good order.
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
I think your whole life shows in your face and you should be proud of that.
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic read more
Difficulty, my brethren, is the nurse of greatness --a harsh nurse, who roughly rocks her foster-children into strength and athletic proportion.
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to read more
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
The freethinking of one age is the common sense of the next.
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
The winds and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
