Quote #7754
Property left to a child may soon be lost; but the inheritance of virtue–a...
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Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.
Quote #22391
Happiness is equilibrium. Shift your weight. Equilibrium is pragmatic. You have to get everything...
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When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to...
Quote #15973
When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens...
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Ambition is so powerful a passion in the human breast, that however high we...
Quote #12635
I am not sure I am willing to do what it takes to become...
Quote #13506
Tact is the ability to describe others as they see themselves.
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The ability to focus attention on important things is a defining characteristic of intelligence.
Quote #25988
Cheerfulness, it would appear, is a matter which depends fully as much on the...