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Money is human happiness in the abstract; he, then, who is no longer capable of enjoying human happiness in the concrete devotes himself utterly to money
Just remember, once you're over the hill you begin to pick up speed
It is only a man's own fundamental thoughts that have truth and life in them. For it is these that he really and completely understands. To read the thoughts of others is like taking the remains of someone else's meal, like putting on the discarded clothes of a stranger
It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are
It is a clear gain to sacrifice pleasure in order to avoid pain
In the sphere of thought, absurdity and perversity remain the masters of the world, and their dominion is suspended only for brief periods
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head
If you want to know your true opinion of someone, watch the effect produced in you by the first sight of a letter from him
If we were not all so interested in ourselves, life would be so uninteresting that none of us would be able to endure it
I've never know any trouble than an hour's reading didn't assuage
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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