“The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.”
Good“There is nothing in the world so much admired as a man who knows how to bear unhappiness with courage.”
Courage“The less we deserve good fortune, the more we hope for it.”
Good“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”
Learning“Precepts or maxims are of great weight and a few useful ones on hand do more to produce a happy life than the volumes we can't find.”
Great“For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them.”
Men“The day which we fear as our last is but the birthday of eternity.”
Birthday“Call it Nature, Fate, Fortune all these are names of the one and selfsame God.”
God“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
Friendship“The first step in a person's salvation is knowledge of their sin.”
Knowledge“The wish for healing has always been half of health.”
Health“Genius always gives its best at first prudence, at last.”
Best“We are more often frightened than hurt and we suffer more from imagination than from reality.”
Imagination“In war, when a commander becomes so bereft of reason and perspective that he fails to understand the dependence of arms on Divine guidance, he no longer deserves victory.”
War“The greatest remedy for anger is delay.”
Anger“Time discovers truth.”
Time“There is no great genius without some touch of madness.”
Great“Shun no toil to make yourself remarkable by some talent or other yet do not devote yourself to one branch exclusively. Strive to get clear notions about all. Give up no science entirely for science is but one.”
Science“Great grief does not of itself put an end to itself.”
Great“Religion is regarded by the common people as true, by the wise as false, and by the rulers as useful.”
Religion“We can be thankful to a friend for a few acres, or a little money and yet for the freedom and command of the whole earth, and for the great benefits of our being, our life, health, and reason, we look upon ourselves as under no obligation.”
Freedom“All art is but imitation of nature.”
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