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The
measure of a man’s life is the well-spending of it, and not the
length. What is a friend?
A single soul dwelling in two bodies. The only way to
have a friend is to be one. In all matters,
before beginning, a diligent preparation should be made. A man’s greatness
should not be measured by the place in which he stands but rather by
the place toward which he is striving. It is better to
wear out than to rust out. Good work makes
beautiful things, and good work lasts. Well done is better
than well said. That is a good
book that is opened with expectation and closed with profit. A good book is
the precious life-blood of a master spirit, imbalmed and treasured up
on purpose to a life beyond life. Never lend books,
for no one ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are
books that others have lent me. All true love is
founded on esteem. Is love an art?
Then it requires knowledge and effort. How it improves
people when we begin to love them. It is the time you have wasted for
your rose that makes your rose so important. Solitude is as
needful to the imagination as society is wholesome for the character.
It is not enough
to acquire wisdom; it is necessary to employ it. Wisdom does not
always speak in Greek and Latin. Some are wise;
some are otherwise. Any man more right
than his neighbors constitutes a majority of one. He was so learned,
he could name a horse in nine language, so ignorant that he bought a
cow to ride on. The true way to
be deceived is to think oneself more clever than others. A man does not
live until he begins to discipline himself; he merely exists. The hardest victory
is victory over self. Men are qualified
for civil liberty in exact proportion to their disposition to put moral
chains upon their own appetites…. Society cannot exist unless
a controlling power upon will and appetite be placed somewhere, and
the less of it there is within, the more there must be without. It is
ordained in the eternal constitution of things that men of intemperate
minds cannot be free. Their passions forge their fetters. He who through
faith is righteous shall live. It is more blessed
to give than to receive. You have nothing
more from your wealth save what you have spent from it during life.
If a man does not
keep pace with his companions, perhaps it is because he hears a different
drummer. Let him step to the music which he hears, however measured
or far away. All you need to
do is to tell a man he is no good ten times a day, and very soon he
begins to believe it himself. The mind of each
man is the man himself. O wad some Power
the giftie gie us/To see oursels as ithers see us! The life which
is unexamined is not worth living. Can we really “know”
the universe? My God, it’s hard enough finding your way in Chinatown.
A man travels the
world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. Knowledge is of
two kinds---we know a subject ourselves or we know where we can find
information on it. Thou hast power
until the word is spoken; then does it gain mastery over thee. Edith was a little
country, bounded on the north, south, east, and west by Edith. Give a little love
to a child, and you get a great deal back. Know Thyself/Do
Nothing In Excess To escape criticism—do
nothing, say nothing, be nothing. Never esteem anything
of advantage to you that shall make you lose your self respect. Nothing is so much
to be feared as fear. To a generous mind
nothing is so agreeable as to command the works of others, and to be
the means of ushering into the world such happy Productions. It is a fine thing
to have ability, but the ability to discover ability in others is the
true test. The height of art
is to conceal art. Death
is nature’s way of telling you to slow down. |
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