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Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds.
The most wonderfully complex fictional character is much less complicated than the most boring actual person.
The most wonderfully complex fictional character is much less complicated than the most boring actual person.
If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.
If everybody thought before they spoke, the silence would be deafening.
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
Everything has been figured out, except how to live.
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
True dignity is never gained by place, and never lost when honors are withdrawn.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like read more
He that toucheth pitch shall be defiled therewith; and he that hath fellowship with a proud man shall be like unto him. [Ecclesiasticus 13:1].
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key read more
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us read more
Everyone in our culture wants to win a prize. Perhaps that is the grand lesson we have taken with us from kindergarten in the age of perversions of Dewey-style education: everyone gets a ribbon, and praise becomes a meaningless narcotic to soothe egoistic distemper.
