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In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage
Great men are like eagles, and build their nest on some lofty solitude
Every possession and every happiness is but lent by chance for an uncertain time, and may therefore be demanded back the next hour
Every nation ridicules other nations, and all are right
Every man takes the limits of his own field of vision for the limits of the world
Buying books would be a good thing if one could also buy the time to read them in: but as a rule the purchase of books is mistaken for the appropriation of their contents
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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