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He who has a thousand friends has not a friend to spare, while he who has one enemy shall meet him everywhere.
We want but two or three friends, but these we cannot do without, and they serve us in every thought we think.
Welcome back my friends to the show that never ends. We're so glad you could attend, come inside, come inside.
There are men too superior to be seen except by a few, as there are notes too high for the scale of most ears.
The reason why the world lacks unity, and lies broken and in heaps, is, because man is disunited with himself.
To accomplish excellence or anything outstanding, you must listen to that whisper which is heard by you alone.
Many a man had taken the first step. With every additional step you enhance immensely the value of your first.
Such is the active power of good temperament! Great sweetness of temper neutralizes such vast amounts of acid.
As we refine, our checks become finer. If we rise to spiritual culture, the antagonism takes a spiritual form.
Whilst we want cities as the centres where the best things are found, cities degrade us by magnifying trifles.
There is one topic peremptorily forbidden to all well-bred, to all rational mortals, namely, their distempers.
I DO not count the hours I spend In wandering by the sea; The forest is my loyal friend, Like God it useth me.
Judicious praise is to children what the sun is to flowers. Christian Bovee A little praise Goes a great ways.
If thought makes free, so does the moral sentiment. The mixtures of spiritual chemistry refuse to be analyzed.
Talents differ; all is well and wisely put; If I cannot carry forests on my back, Neither can you crack a nut.
Art... does not take kindly to facts, is helpless to grapple with theories, and is killed outright by a sermon.
This is the sphinx of the hearthstone, the little god of domesticity, whose presence turns a house into a home.
We can't ignore the fact that ahead of us is a great war and this war is going to need significant preparation.
Historical truth is that, and that alone, which reveals the forces that go to mould the social life of mankind.
Do not despise your own place and hour. Every place is under the stars, every place is the center of the world.
Travel and society polish one, but a rolling stone gathers no moss, and a little moss is a good thing on a man.
Without the emotion of the beautiful, the sublime, the mysterious, there is no art, no religion, no literature.
Whether zeal or moderation be the point we aim at, let us keep fire out of the one, and frost out of the other.
Once a conflict has dragged on for a decade, most people are tired of war - and the troubles that flow from it.
There are many things that matter much more than an editor's gender in shaping the direction of the leadership.
Many people would say that A Tibetan monk, even in Lhasa, may be free while the ruler of China may not be free.
God evidently does not intend us all to be rich, or powerful or great, but He does intend us all to be friends.
God said, I am tired of kings, I suffer them no more; Up to my ear this morning brings The outrage of the poor.
The artists must be sacrificed to their art. Like the bees, they must put their lives into the sting they give.
A determined man, by his very attitude and the tone of his voice, puts a stop to defeat, and begins to conquer.
He is only rich who owns the day. There is no king, rich man, fairy, or demon who possesses such power as that.
We are of different opinions at different hours, but we always may be said to be at heart on the side of truth.
Those who listened to Lord Chatham felt that there was something finer in the man, than anything which he said.
The advantage in education is always with those children who slip up into life without being objects of notice.
It does not to dwell on dreams and forget to live, but it is equally foolish to ignore the past – never forget.
Few people have any next, they live from hand to mouth without a plan, and are always at the end of their line.
Wild liberty develops iron conscience. Want of liberty, by strengthening law and decorum, stupefies conscience.
Knowledge, Virtue, Power are the victories of man over his necessities, his march to the dominion of the world.
In the country, without any interference from the law, the agricultural life favors the permanence of families.
Who can . . . guess how much industry and providence and affection we have caught from the pantomime of brutes?
I see that sensible men and conscientious men all over the world were of one religion of well-doing and daring.
To clothe the fiery thought In simple words succeeds, For still the craft of genius is To mask a king in weeds.
The mobile phone... is a tool for those whose professions require a fast response, such as doctors or plumbers.
I started to write [The Name of the Rose] in March of 1978, moved by a seminal idea. I wanted to poison a monk.
We are beginning to see that money, after all, is not the main thing. The real values cannot be bought and sold.
He only is a great man who can neglect the applause of the multitude and enjoy himself independent of its favor.
That he delights in the misery of others no man will confess, and yet what other motive can make a father cruel?
You will find that the woman who is really kind to dogs is always one who has failed to inspire sympathy in men.
Most writers have very little that's important or valuable to offer; most of them are just repeating each other.
How cunningly nature hides every wrinkle of her inconceivable antiquity under roses and violets and morning dew!