All truth is not to be told at all times.

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God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

God and the Devil are an effort after specialization and the division of labor.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

God cannot alter the past, though historians can.

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

To know God better is only to realize how impossible it is that we should...

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

People are always good company when they are doing what they really enjoy.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions.

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

We are not won by arguments that we can analyse but by tone and temper,...

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Belief like any other moving body follows the path of least resistance.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

Young people have a marvelous faculty of either dying or adapting themselves to circumstances.

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

If we attend continually and promptly to the little that we can do, we shall...

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

Fear is static that prevents me from hearing myself.

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

We think as we do, mainly because other people think so

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

Every man's work, whether it be literature, or music or pictures or architecture or anything...

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

It is better to have loved and lost than never to have lost at all.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

Oaths are but words, and words but wind.

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my...

The want of money is the root of all evil.

The want of money is the root of all evil.

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Think of and look at your work as though it were done by your enemy....

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

Money is the last enemy that shall never be subdued. While there is flesh there...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...

The voice of the Lord is the voice of common sense, which is shared by...