I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.

Quote by Robert Lynd

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Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

Knowledge is power only if man knows what facts not to bother with.

There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else...

There is nothing that makes us feel so good as the idea that someone else...

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance...

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance...

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Friendship will not stand the strain of very much good advice for very long.

Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth...

Most remarks that are worth making are commonplace remarks. The things that makes them worth...

Almost any game with any ball is a good game.

Almost any game with any ball is a good game.

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance...

One of the greatest joys known to man is to take a flight into ignorance...

It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own...

It is a glorious thing to be indifferent to suffering, but only to one's own...

Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or...

Cut quarrels out of literature, and you will have very little history or drama or...

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was...

Most of us can remember a time when a birthday - especially if it was...

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you just because it's...

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you just because it's...

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it...

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you simply because it...

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can...

Most of us believe in trying to make other people happy only if they can...

Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.

Every man of genius is considerably helped by being dead.

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you just because it's...

There are some people who want to throw their arms round you just because it's...

Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread...

Christmas! The very word brings joy to our hearts. No matter how we may dread...

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial...

Christmas is the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial...

Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.

Let's be naughty and save Santa the trip.

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm...

Christmas is a day of meaning and traditions, a special day spent in the warm...

Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance - each beautiful, unique and too soon...

Like snowflakes, my Christmas memories gather and dance - each beautiful, unique and too soon...

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

The man who never in his mind and thoughts travel'd to heaven is no artist.

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while...

The problem with the world is that the intelligent people are full of doubts while...

'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined...

'Beauty' is a currency system like the gold standard. Like any economy, it is determined...