Quotes 5521 till 5540 of 10331.
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Never be ashamed! There's some who'll hold it against you, but they're not worth bothering with.
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Never disregard what your enemies say. They may be severe, they may be prejudiced, they may be determined to see only in one direction, but still in that direction see clearly. They do not speak all the truth, but they generally speak the truth from one point of view; so far as that goes, attend to them.
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Never does one feel oneself so utterly helpless as in trying to speak comfort for great bereavement. I will not try it. Time is the only comforter for the loss of a mother.
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Never Have Your Dog Stuffed is really advice to myself, a reminder to myself not to avoid change or uncertainty, but to go with it, to surf into change.
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Never in any case say I have lost such a thing, but I have returned it. Is your child dead? It is a return. Is your wife dead? It is a return. Are you deprived of your estate? is not this also a return?
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Never pretend to a love which you do not actually feel, for love is not ours to command.
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Never read any book that is not a year old.
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Never run into debt, not if you can find anything else to run into.
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Never say a humorous thing to a man who does not possess humor. He will always use it in evidence against you.
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Never say anything about yourself you do not want to come true.
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Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.
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Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.
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Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
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Never think that you're not good enough. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.
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Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.
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Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.
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Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem; I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.
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New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all along!
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