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There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My read more
To linger in the observation of things other than the self implies a profound conviction of their worth. - My Friends the Senses.
A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.
A heretic is a man who sees with his own eyes.
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we read more
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo read more
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and read more
No man has received from nature the right to give orders to others. Freedom is a gift from heaven, and every individual of the same species has the right to enjoy it as soon as he is in enjoyment of his reason.
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
To the man who only has a hammer in the toolkit, every problem looks like a nail.
We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions read more
We are becoming like cats, slyly parasitic, enjoying an indifferent domesticity. Nice and snug in the social, our historic passions have withdrawn into the glow of an artificial coziness, and our half-closed eyes now seek little other than the peaceful parade of television pictures.
