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If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the read more
Society is one vast conspiracy for carving one into the kind of statue likes, and then placing it in the most convenient niche it has.
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
Every man's ability may be strengthened or increased by culture.
The classes and the masses.
The classes and the masses.
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
Conceal a flaw, and the world will imagine the worst.
Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
Do not be in a hurry to tie what you cannot untie.
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but read more
Read not to contradict and confute; nor to believe and take for granted; nor to find talk and discourse; but to weigh and consider. Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested: that is, some books are to be read only in parts, others to be read, but not curiously, and some few to be read wholly, and with diligence and attention.
Man differs from the animal only by a little; most men throw that little away.
Man differs from the animal only by a little; most men throw that little away.
Though they seem at opposite poles, fanatics of all kinds are actually crowded together at one end. It is the read more
Though they seem at opposite poles, fanatics of all kinds are actually crowded together at one end. It is the fanatic and the moderate who are poles apart and never meet.
