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

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Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

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.

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

We must respect the past, and mistrust the present, if we wish to provide for...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

Genius is the ability to see things invisible, to manipulate things intangible, to paint things...

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

In bringing up a child, think of its old age.

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

A Flatterer is a man that tells you your opinion and not his own

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.

Children need models rather than critics.

Children need models rather than critics.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

He who has not the weakness of friendship has not the strength.

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 write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from...

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

Logic works, metaphysics contemplates.

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....

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

It is easy to understand God as long as you don't try to explain him.

Space is the stature of God.

Space is the stature of God.

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

It is better to debate a question without settling it than to settle a question...

Politics calls for robust debate and criticism, but this should never descend to personal and...

Politics calls for robust debate and criticism, but this should never descend to personal and...

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.