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The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, read more
The progress of freedom depends more upon the maintenance of peace, the spread of commerce, and the diffusion of education, than upon the labors of cabinets and foreign offices.
A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at read more
A traveler of taste will notice that the wise are polite all over the world, but the fool only at home.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
If the only tool you have is a hammer, you tend to see every problem as a nail.
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.
Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.
Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.
Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Etiquette means behaving yourself a little better than is absolutely essential.
Life is not an easy matter.... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have read more
Life is not an easy matter.... You cannot live through it without falling into frustration and cynicism unless you have before you a great idea which raises you above personal misery, above weakness, above all kinds of perfidy and baseness.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
Sometimes you have to let go to see if there was anything worth holding on to.
