“Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk and to make our words and actions all of a color.”
Wisdom“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.”
Courage“Wisdom does not show itself so much in precept as in life - in firmness of mind and a mastery of appetite. It teaches us to do as well as to talk and to make our words and actions all of a color.”
Wisdom“If thou art a man, admire those who attempt great things, even though they fail.”
Art“I never come back home with the same moral character I went out with something or other becomes unsettled where I had achieved internal peace some one or other of the things I had put to flight reappears on the scene.”
Home“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
Friendship“A great fortune is a great slavery.”
Great“Everywhere is nowhere. When a person spends all his time in foreign travel, he ends by having many acquaintances, but no friends.”
Time“To be able to endure odium is the first art to be learned by those who aspire to power.”
Art“Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.”
Great“Love in its essence is spiritual fire.”
Love“It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.”
Great“If you wished to be loved, love.”
Love“Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it.”
Anger“Everything is the product of one universal creative effort. There is nothing dead in Nature. Everything is organic and living, and therefore the whole world appears to be a living organism.”
Nature“Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.”
God“Where fear is, happiness is not.”
Fear“The wish for healing has always been half of health.”
Health“The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.”
Knowledge“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”
Great“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
Courage“If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.”
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