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It is in the treatment of trifles that a person shows what they are.
At any stage, humans can thirst for money, knowledge, or love; sometimes for two, never for three.
If you hit a wrong note, it's the next note that you play that determines if its's good or bad.
The things you think about determine the quality of your mind. Your soul takes on the color of your thoughts.
There are two things you never want to pay any attention to—abuse and flattery. The first can’t harm you and the second can’t help you.
If you only wished to be happy, this could be easily accomplished; but we wish to be happier than other people, and this is always difficult, for we believe others to be happier than they are.
As long as you feel you need something outside yourself you will never succeed.
It is more necessary to study men than books.
We promise according to our hopes; we perform according to our fears.
There are four ways to know much: live for many years; travel through many lands; read many good books (which is easiest); and converse with wise friends (which is most enjoyable). |
