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One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs read more
One man gives freely, yet grows all the richer; another withholds what he should give, and only suffers want. [Proverbs 11-24].
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
Complete abstinence is easier than perfect moderation.
You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone read more
You learn to like someone when you find out what makes them laugh, but you can never truly love someone until you find out what makes them cry.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.
Many a man that could rule a hundherd millyon sthrangers with an ir'n hand is careful to take off his read more
Many a man that could rule a hundherd millyon sthrangers with an ir'n hand is careful to take off his shoes in the front hallway whin he comes home late at night.
The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.
The road to wisdom? Well, it's plain and simple to express: Errand err again but less and less and less.
A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; read more
A gossip is one who talks to you about others; a bore is one who talks to you about himself; and a brilliant conversationalist is one who talks to you about yourself.
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
The two powers which in my opinion constitute a wise man are those of bearing and forbearing.
One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is read more
One of the weaknesses in the cooperative is that it has never been sufficiently leavened by the imagination. This is a quick-silver faculty, and likely to be a cause of worry to any collective settlement.