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 | "To know how to grow old is the masterwork of wisdom, and one of the
most difficult chapters in the great art of living." | |
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Found in the topic Age.
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| "At the bottom of the modern man there is always a great thirst for
self-forgetfulness, self-distraction ... and therefore he turns away from
all those problems and abysses which might recall to him his own
nothingness." | |
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Found in the topic Abyss.
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| "Analysis kills spontaneity. The grain once ground into flour springs
and germinates no more." | |
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Found in the topic Analysis.
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| "A man must be able to cut a knot, for everything cannot be untied;
he must know how to disengage what is essential from the detail in which
it is enwrapped, for everything cannot be equally considered; in a word,
he must be able to simplify his duties, his business and his life." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Charm: the quality in others that makes us more satisfied with
ourselves." | |
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Found in the topic Charm.
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| "Cleverness is serviceable for everything, sufficient for
nothing." | |
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Found in the topic Clergy.
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| "The man who insists on seeing with perfect clearness before he
decides, never decides." | |
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Found in the topic Decency.
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| "An error is the more dangerous the more truth it contains." | |
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Found in the topic Error.
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| "The great artist is the simplifier." | |
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Found in the topic Art.
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| "Life is short and we have never too much time for gladdening the
hearts of those who are traveling the dark journey with us. Oh, be swift
to love, make haste to be kind." | |
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Found in the topic Kindness.
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| "Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the
flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its
spark." | |
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Found in the topic Passion.
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| "Self-interest is but the survival of the animal in us. Humanity only
begins for man with self-surrender." | |
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Found in the topic Self.
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| "A belief is not true because it is useful." | |
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Found in the topic Belief.
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| "Truth is the secret of eloquence and of virtue, the basis of moral
authority: it is the highest summit of art and of life." | |
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Found in the topic Truth.
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| "Truth is not only violated by falsehood; it may be outraged by
silence." | |
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Found in the topic Lever.
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| "To know how to grow old is the master work of wisdom, and one of the
most difficult chapters in the great art of living." | |
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Found in the topic Age.
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| "A man only understands what is akin to something already existing in
himself." | |
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Found in the topic Unsorted.
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| "Truth is the secret of eloquence and virtue, the basis of moral
authority; it is the highest summit of art and of life." | |
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Found in the topic Truth.
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| "To know how to suggest is the great art of teaching." | |
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Found in the topic Sales.
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| "For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of
thought combined with energy of will." | |
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Found in the topic Action.
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