Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.

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The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

The outer passes away; the innermost is the same yesterday, today, and forever.

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief...

No sadder proof can be given by a man of his own littleness than disbelief...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the...

Music is well said to be the speech of angels; in fact, nothing among the...

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

The three great elements of modern civilization, Gun powder, Printing, and the Protestant religion.

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

If you look deep enough you will see music; the heart of nature being everywhere...

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

A laugh, to be joyous, must flow from a joyous heart, for without kindness, there...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

There is a great discovery still to be made in literature, that of paying literary...

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Woe to him that claims obedience when it is not due; woe to him that...

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness.

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

The mystical bond of brotherhood makes all men brothers

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Man is, properly speaking, based upon hope, he has no other possession but hope; this...

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

Men do less than they ought, unless they do all they can.

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

What we become depends on what we read after all the professors have finished with...

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

When new turns of behavior cease to appear in the life of the individual, its...

Wonder is the basis of worship

Wonder is the basis of worship

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough...

The only happiness a brave person ever troubles themselves in asking about, is happiness enough...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

Speech is human, silence is divine, yet also brutish and dead: therefore we must learn...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

I don't pretend to understand the Universe - it's a great deal bigger than I...

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Not what I have, but what I do is my kingdom.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.

Isolation is the sum total of wretchedness to a man.