“He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.”
Alone“Doubt is the vestibule through which all must pass before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.”
Wisdom“He who studies books alone will know how things ought to be, and he who studies men will know how they are.”
Alone“There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.”
Best“We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.”
Fear“Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.”
Men“Those who visit foreign nations, but associate only with their own country-men, change their climate, but not their customs. They see new meridians, but the same men and with heads as empty as their pockets, return home with traveled bodies, but untravelled minds.”
Change“War kills men, and men deplore the loss but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.”
War“We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.”
Knowledge“Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a nodding acquaintance.”
Wisdom“Ladies of Fashion starve their happiness to feed their vanity, and their love to feed their pride.”
Happiness“No company is preferable to bad. We are more apt to catch the vices of others than virtues, as disease is far more contagious than health.”
Health“In life we shall find many men that are great, and some that are good, but very few men that are both great and good.”
Men“If you cannot inspire a woman with love of you, fill her above the brim with love of herself all that runs over will be yours.”
Love“Constant success shows us but one side of the world adversity brings out the reverse of the picture.”
Success“Knowledge is two-fold, and consists not only in an affirmation of what is true, but in the negation of that which is false.”
Knowledge“Friendship, of itself a holy tie, is made more sacred by adversity.”
Friendship“True friendship is like sound health the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.”
Friendship“There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and by religion.”
Religion“Marriage is a feast where the grace is sometimes better than the dinner.”
Marriage“Friendship often ends in love but love in friendship - never.”
Friendship“Of present fame think little, and of future less the praises that we receive after we are buried, like the flowers that are strewed over our grave, may be gratifying to the living, but they are nothing to the dead.”
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