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Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time.
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may read more
If you once forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem. You may fool all of the people some of the time; you can even fool some of the people all the time; but you can't fool all of the people all of the time.
Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.
Experience is a dim lamp, which only lights the one who bears it.
Still your mind in me, still yourself in me, and without a doubt you shall be united with me, Lord read more
Still your mind in me, still yourself in me, and without a doubt you shall be united with me, Lord of Love, dwelling in your heart.
There is a sort of veteran woman of condition, who, having lived always in the grand monde, and having possibly read more
There is a sort of veteran woman of condition, who, having lived always in the grand monde, and having possibly had some gallantries, together with the experience of five and twenty or thirty years, form a young fellow better than all the rules that can be given him. Wherever you go, make some of those women your friends; which a very little matter will do. Ask their advice, tell them your doubts or difficulties as to your behavior; but take great care not to drop one word of their experience; for experience implies age, and the suspicion of age, no woman, let her be ever so old, ever forgives.
Bear one another's burdens.
Bear one another's burdens.
A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
A good time to keep your mouth shut is when you're in deep water.
Most people are alive in an earlier time, but you must be alive in our own time.
Most people are alive in an earlier time, but you must be alive in our own time.
When I am delivering my very best, then that is when I feel successful.
When I am delivering my very best, then that is when I feel successful.
