The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite
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Every year of my life I grow more convinced that it is wisest and best to fix our attention on read more
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The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
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I'm trying not to look too far ahead. All I'm thinking is one shot at a time, one hole at a time, and that's what I want to keep doing.
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Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets. - Maxims.
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By concentrating our attention on the effect rather than the causes, we can avoid the laborious, nearly impossible task of trying to detect and deflect the many psychological influences on liking.
To measure the man, measure his heart.
To measure the man, measure his heart.
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
Distance has the same effect on the mind as on the eye.
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The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in mind at the same time and still retain the ability to function.
