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The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish?
The idea of strictly minding our own business is moldy rubbish. Who could be so selfish?
We should be lenient in our judgment, because often the mistakes of others would have been ours had we had read more
We should be lenient in our judgment, because often the mistakes of others would have been ours had we had the opportunity to make them.
I think, therefore I'm single.
I think, therefore I'm single.
Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.
Personally, I hold that a man, who deliberately and intelligently takes a pledge and then breaks it, forfeits his manhood.
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.
I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.
I've not got a first in philosophy without being able to muddy things pretty satisfactory.
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
He who bestows his goods upon the poor shall have as much again, and ten times more.
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we read more
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two sovereign masters, pain and pleasure... they govern us in all we do, in all we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.
When we seek to discover the best in others, we somehow bring out the best in ourselves.