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A great obstacle to happiness is the expectation of too great a happiness.
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Honesty is a good thing, but it is not profitable to its possessor unless...
Quote #7697
Discourtesy does not spring merely from one bad quality, but from several–from foolish vanity,...
Quote #21649
Does our ferocity not derive from the fact that our instincts are all too...
Quote #6748
A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take...
Quote #18669
Disconnecting from change does not recapture the past. It loses the future.
Quote #15763
Pride, like laudanun and other poisonous medicines, is beneficial in small, though injurious in...
Quote #6601
Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little,...
Quote #20590
When they come downstairs from their Ivory Towers, Idealists are very apt to walk...
Quote #25305
In producers, loafing is productive and no creator, of whatever magnitude, has ever been...