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Politeness is to human nature what warmth is to wax
Natural ability can almost compensate for the want of every kind of cultivation; but no cultivation of the mind can make up for the want of natural ability
Life swings like a pendulum backward and forward between pain and boredom
Intellect is invisible to the man who has none
Ignorance is degrading only when found in company with great riches
If a man sets out to hate all the miserable creatures he meets, he will not have much energy left for anything else; whereas he can despise them, one and all, with the greatest ease
Human life must be some form of mistake
Honor has not to be won; it must only not be lost
Compassion is the basis of all morality
Change alone is eternal, perpetual, immortal
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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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