There is nothing so beautiful and legitimate as to play the man well and properly.
All changes, even the most longed for, have their melancholy; for what we leave behind us is a part of ourselves; we must die to one life before we can enter another.
Nothing but truth is lovely, nothing fair.
One can be a hero without ravaging the earth.
Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom.
Later it will be too late. Our life is now.
One thing is needful. - To "give style" to one's character.
All rules for study are summed up in this one: learn only in order to create.
The golden rule of conduct is mutual toleration, seeing that we will never all think alike and we shall always see Truth in fragment and from different points of vision.
The secret of education lies in respecting the pupil.
The pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity. The optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
There is no happiness without courage, nor virtue without struggle.
Tell yourself, first of all, what kind of man you want to be; and then go ahead with what you are doing.
Citizens of the democratic societies should undertake a course of intellectual self defense to protect themselves from manipulation and control.
Those that are most slow in making a promise are the most faithful in the performance of it.
Happiness belongs to the self-sufficient.
If you want to live in peace with yourself, you have to accept yourself as you are.
The world is generally so restless, that men scarcely ever think of the present time, and the instant they are now actually living, but of those in which they are to live. So that we are always in a disposition to live in future, but never to live now.
The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy.
Absurd is lucid reason noting its limits.
If you want a wise answer, ask a reasonable question.
Since I grew tired of the chase And search, I learned to find; And since the wind blows in my face, I sail with every wind.
Our bodies are our gardens, to which our wills are gardeners.
All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make, the better.
Time reveals the truth.
To choose, and therefore exclude.
when we say that a man is responsible for himself, we do not only mean that he is responsible for his own individuality, but that he is responsible for all men.
There are only two days in the year that nothing can be done. One is called Yesterday and the other is called Tomorrow. Today is the right day to Love, Believe, Do and mostly Live.
Confidence raises the soul.
There is no sweeter pleasure than to surprise a man by giving him more than he hopes for.
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