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The highest qualities of character… must be earned.
The highest qualities of character… must be earned.
He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.
He has conferred on the practice of vacillation the aura of statesmanship.
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far read more
In order to shake a hypothesis, it is sometimes not necessary to do anything more than push it as far as it will go.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear read more
Learn as though you would never be able to master it; hold it as though you would be in fear of losing it.
Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.
Foolproof systems do not take into account the ingenuity of fools.
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find read more
My mind withdrew its thoughts from experience, extracting itself from the contradictory throng of sensuous images, that it might find out what that light was wherein it was bathed.... And thus, with the flash of one hurried glance, it attained to the vision of That Which Is.
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
Knowledge rests not upon truth alone, but upon error also.
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.
