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It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for read more
It is better to have too much courtesy than too little, provided you are not equally courteous to all, for that would be injustice.
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
Never have a companion that casts you in the shade.
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - read more
He that can live alone resembles the brute beast in nothing, the sage in much, and God in everything. - The Art of Worldly Wisdom, 1647.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right side.
The more merit, the less affection
The more merit, the less affection
Good things, when short, are twice as good.
Good things, when short, are twice as good.
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
One half the world laughs at the other, and fools are they all.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.
Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment. - The Oracle.
What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of read more
What should move us to action is human dignity: the inalienable dignity of the oppressed, but also the dignity of each of us. We lose dignity if we tolerate the intolerable.
