Quotes 341 till 360 of 387.
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True politeness consists in being easy one's self, and in making every one about one as easy as one can.
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True wit is nature to advantage dressed, what oft was thought, but never so well expressed.
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Trust not yourself, but your defects to know, make use of every friend and every foe.
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Two purposes in human nature rule. Self-love to urge, and reason to restrain.
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Unaware of the absurdity of it, we introduce our own petty household rules into the economy of the universe for which the life of generations, peoples, of entire planets, has no importance in relation to the general development.
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Understand that most problems are a good sign. Problems indicate that progress is being made, wheels are turning, you are moving toward your goals. Beware when you have no problems. Then you've really got a problem... Problems are like landmarks of progress.
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Virtue she finds too painful an endeavour, content to dwell in decencies for ever.
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Virtuous and vicious everyone must be; few in extremes, but all in degree.
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We are never happy; we can only remember that we were so once.
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We are not afraid to entrust the American people with unpleasant facts, foreign ideas, alien philosophies, and competitive values. For a nation that is afraid to let its people judge the truth and falsehood in an open market is a nation that is afraid of its people.
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We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.
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We bury love; Forgetfulness grows over it like grass: That is a thing to weep for, not the dead.
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We could hardly believe that after so many ordeals, after all the trials of modern skepticism, there was still so much left in our souls to destroy.
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We have wasted our spirit in the regions of the abstract and general just as the monks let it wither in the world of prayer and contemplation.
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We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
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We really teach ourselves. If you want to learn, you will always find someone to learn from, be they dead or alive, great or unknown. You learn from everything you see and hear around you - if you are willing to pay attention.
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We shall all respect the principles of each other and do nothing that would be regarded as an act of oppression to any portion of the people.
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We shall have to remove everything that strangles artistic and scientific creativeness.
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We think our fathers fools, so wise we grow. Our wiser sons, no doubt will think us so.
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