A part of kindness consists in loving people more than they deserve.

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Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

The Bible remained for me a book of books, still divine - but divine in...

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

One who has imagination without learning has wings without feet.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will not find poetry anywhere unless you bring some of it with you.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

The passions of the young are vices in the old.

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Only choose in marriage a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Never cut what you can untie.

Never cut what you can untie.

Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

Choose in marriage only a woman whom you would choose as a friend if she...

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

God is the place where I do not remember the rest.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Grace is in garments, in movements, in manners; beauty in the nude, and in forms....

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

Ask the young. They know everything.

Ask the young. They know everything.