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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages.
In the kingdom of the blind, the one-eyed man is king. - Adages.
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
The glory that goes with wealth is fleeting and fragile; virtue is a possession glorious and eternal.
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by read more
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish good results while the strongest, by dispersing his effort over many chores, may fail to accomplish anything. Drops of water, by continually falling, hone their passage through the hardest of rocks but the hasty torrent rushes over it with hideous uproar and leaves no trace behind.
Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They read more
Habits are safer than rules; you don't have to watch them. And you don't have to keep them either. They keep you. - Essays.
It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
It is always brave to say what everyone thinks.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while read more
There is no self-delusion more fatal than that which makes the conscience dreamy with the anodyne of lofty sentiments, while the life is groveling and sensual.
