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Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
Truth makes many appeals, not the least of which is its power to shock.
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.
Failure is not our only punishment for laziness: there is also the success of others.
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving read more
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an
invitation to dinner without giving an excuse.
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
The only Zen you find on the tops of mountains is the Zen you bring up there.
Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to read more
Don't tell a woman she's pretty; tell her there's no other woman like her, and all roads will open to you.
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too many small coins.
Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have read more
Everything you want is out there waiting for you to ask. Everything you want also wants you. But you have to take action to get it.
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. - Journal, read more
There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees the world entire. - Journal, December, 1900.
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a read more
It is easy for a somebody to be modest, but it is difficult to be modest when one is a nobody.
Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred.
Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred.
