Will not a tiny speck very close to our vision blot out the glory of the world, and leave only a margin by which we see the blot? I know no speck so troublesome as self.
GEORGE ELIOTImpatient people, according to Bacon, are like the bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
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It is a common sentence that knowledge is power; but who hath duly considered or set forth the power of ignorance? Knowledge slowly builds up what ignorance in an hour pulls down.
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There is no killing the suspicion that deceit has once begotten.
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Any coward can fight a battle when he’s sure of winning; but give me the man who has the pluck to fight when he’s sure of losing.
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The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses we must plant more trees.
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It’s no use filling your pocket with money if you have got a hole in the corner.
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Death is the king of this world: ‘Tis his park where he breeds life to feed him. Cries of pain are music for his banquet.
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Wear a smile and have friends; wear a scowl and have wrinkles.
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No man can be wise on an empty stomach.
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Life seems to go on without effort when I am filled with music.
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Human feeling is like the mighty rivers that bless the earth: it does not wait for beauty – it flows with resistless force and brings beauty with it.
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Delicious autumn! My very soul is wedded to it.
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The world is full of hopeful analogies and handsome, dubious eggs, called possibilities.
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What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other?
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There are many victories worse than a defeat.
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