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A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and
fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.
A liberally educated person meets new ideas with curiosity and
fascination. An illiberally educated person meets new ideas with fear.
You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really
need is understanding.
You don't need strength to let go of something. What you really
need is understanding.
To affirm is to make firm.
To affirm is to make firm.
People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked
while others have idled, have perservered while others read more
People who have attained things worth having in this world have worked
while others have idled, have perservered while others gave up in despair,
and have practiced early in life the valuable habits of self-denial,
industry, and singleness of purpose. As a result, they enjoy in later life
the success often erroneously attributed to good luck.
In the book of life's questions, the answers are not in the back.
In the book of life's questions, the answers are not in the back.
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to
shut our eyes against read more
It is natural to man to indulge in the illusion of hope. We are apt to
shut our eyes against a painful truth, and listen to the song of the
siren, till she transforms us into beasts.
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially
if one is to survive in the world. It read more
One must be truthful with oneself about one's own motives, especially
if one is to survive in the world. It takes rigor, and it takes courage.
Compassion is no substitute for justice.
Compassion is no substitute for justice.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
