Every year if not every day we have to wager our salvation upon some prophecy based upon imperfect knowledge.
When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as that of sentences. The author may arrange the gems effectively but their shape and lustre ha...
When the style is fully formed if it has a sweet undersong we call it beautiful and the writer may do what he likes in words or syntax.
The great thing in this world is not so much where we stand as in what direction we are moving.
Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?
Certitude is not the test of certainty. We have been cock-sure of many things that were not so.
Talking is like playing on the harp there is as much in laying the hand on the strings to stop their vibrations as in twanging them to bring out their music.
Husband and wife come to look alike at last.
The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms.
Have the courage to act instead of react.
Logic is logic. That's all I say.
Longevity is having a chronic disease and taking care of it.
A general flavour of mild decay but nothing local as one may say.
Imitation is a necessity of human nature.
A man is a kind of inverted thermometer the bulb uppermost and the column of self-valuation is all the time going up and down.
When I feel inclined to read poetry I take down my dictionary. The poetry of words is quite as beautiful as the poetry of sentences.
Take your needle my child and work at your pattern it will come out a rose by and by. Life is like that one stitch at a time taken patiently and the pattern will come out all right like embroide...
A day's impact is better than a month of dead pull.
Life is painting a picture, not doing a sum.
Fame usually comes to those who are thinking about something else.
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