Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions.

Quote by Booth Tarkington

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There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of...

There are two things that will be believed of any man whatsoever, and one of...

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously; and do not take what happens...

Take your work seriously but never take yourself seriously; and do not take what happens...

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age.

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.

So long as we can lose any happiness, we possess some.

He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female...

He had not yet learned that the only safe male rebuke to a scornful female...

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions

Arguments only confirm people in their own opinions

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the...

Boyhood is the longest time in life for a boy. The last term of the...

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

An ideal wife is any woman who has an ideal husband.

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

Cherish all your happy moments: they make a fine cushion for old age.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Nobody expects to trust his body overmuch after the age of fifty.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

Men of my age live in a state of continual desperation.

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but...

No sex, age, or condition is above or below the absolute necessity of modesty; but...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Advice in old age is foolish; for what can be more absurd than to increase...

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition,...

Perhaps middle-age is, or should be, a period of shedding shells; the shell of ambition,...

Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice,...

Among the virtues and vices that make up the British character, we have one vice,...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

Oh! all of you poor single men, Don't ever give up in despair, For there's...

Oh! all of you poor single men, Don't ever give up in despair, For there's...

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a...

And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a...

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

The charm of history and its enigmatic lesson consist in the fact that, from age...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

Youth is a silly, vapid state, Old age with fears and ills is rife; This...

From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she...

From birth to age 18, a girl needs good parents, from 18 to 35 she...