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Words will not fail when the matter is well considered
A word once uttered can never be recalled
A word too much always defeats its purpose
To use the same words is not a sufficient guarantee of understanding; one must use the same words for the same genus of inward experience; ultimately one must have one's experiences in common
The world remains ever the same
Men suppose their reason has command over their words; still it happens that words in return exercise authority on reason
Words repeated again have as another sound, so another sense
There are tones of voice that mean more than words.
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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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