Man can only endure a certain degree of unhappiness; what is beyond that either annihilates him or passes by him and leaves him apathetic
It matters little whether a man be mathematically or philologically or artistically cultivated, so he be but cultivated.
Who is sure of their own motives can in confidence advance or retreat.
Thank God when He lays a burden on thee, and thank Him when He takes it off.
He who moves not forward, goes backward.
Every man has enough power left to carry out that of which he is convinced.
The happy do not believe in miracles.
The rose is wont with pride to swell, and ever seeks to rise.
It is the nature of grace always to fill spaces that have been empty.
The style of writing required in the great world is distinguished by a free and daring grace, a careless security, a fine and sharp polish, a delicate and perfect taste; while that fitted for the people is characterized by a vigorous natural fulness, a profound depth of feeling, and an engaging naivete.
He only earns his freedom and his life Who takes them every day by storm.
The century is advanced, but every individual begins afresh.
An absent friend gives us friendly company when we are well assured of his happiness.
Nothing is so atrocious as fancy without taste.
Let's plunge ourselves into the roar of time, the whirl of accident; may pain and pleasure, success and failure, shift as they will -- it's only action that can make a man.
People always fancy that we must become old to become wise; but, in truth, as years advance, it is hard to keep ourselves as wise as we were.
Never by reflection, but only by doing is self- knowledge possible to one.
Why should we not recognize in the lightning, the thunder, and the storm wind, the approach of an overwhelming Power, and in the scent of flowers and the gently rustling zephyr the presence of a Being full of love?
We can't form our children on our own concepts; we must take them and love them as God gives them to us.
We cannot too soon convince ourselves how easily we may be dispensed with in the world. What important personages we imagine ourselves to be! We think that we alone are the life of the circle in which we move; in our absence, we fancy that life, existence, breath will come to a general pause, and, alas, the gap which we leave is scarcely perceptible, so quickly is it filled again; nay, it is often the place, if not of something better, at least for something more agreeable.
The world runs on from one folly to another; and the man who, solely from regard to the opinion of others, and without any wish or necessity of his own, toils after gold, honour, or any other phantom, is no better than a fool.
Sameness leaves us in peace but it is contradiction that makes us productive.
Originality provokes originality.
Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.
If you treat men the way they are you never improve them. If you treat them the way you want them to be, you do.
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