It is salutary to train oneself to be no more affected by censure than by praise.
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There is no object to life. To nature nothing matters but the continuation of the species.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Life)
It's a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, but few are chosen.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.
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If nobody spoke unless he had something to say, the human race would very soon lose the use of speech.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Books)
We do not write because we want to; we write because we have to.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Wisdom)
It's always difficult to make conversation with a drunk, and there's no denying it, the sober are at a disadvantage with him.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Art)
I never spend more than one hour in a gallery. That is as long as one's power of appreciation persists.
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in Quotes & Aphorisms (Love)
We are not the same persons this year as last; nor are those we love. It is a happy chance if we, changing, continue to love a changed person.
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The fact that a great many people believe something is no guarantee of its truth.
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