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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.
My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
My own idea is that these things are as piffle before the wind.
To measure the man, measure his heart.
To measure the man, measure his heart.
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.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. - Psychological Reflections.
We cannot change anything until we accept it. Condemnation does not liberate, it oppresses. - Psychological Reflections.
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive read more
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.
The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything read more
The observation of others is coloured by our inability to observe ourselves impartially. We can never be impartial about anything until we can be impartial about our own organism. - Essays and Aphorisms.
Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life.
Sundays, quiet islands on the tossing seas of life.
