I believe I should have been swept away by the flood of French infidelity, if it had not been for one thing, the remembrance of the time when my sainted mother used to make me kneel by her side, taking…

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Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

Never were abilities so much below mediocrity so well rewarded; no, not when Caligula's horse...

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

The surest way to prevent war is not to fear it.

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

We all know our duty better than we discharge it.

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.

That most delicious of all privileges - spending other people's money.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.

Mean spirits under disappointment, like small beer in a thunderstorm always turn sour

Mean spirits under disappointment, like small beer in a thunderstorm always turn sour

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed

Expect nothing and accept everything and you will never be disappointed

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment

The prompter the refusal, the less the disappointment

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don't try.

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens,...

Disappointment to a noble soul is what cold water is to burning metal; it strengthens,...

People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And,...

People look at you and me to see what they are supposed to be. And,...

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air

Disappointments are to the soul what the thunder-storm is to the air

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that...

Disappointment or misfortune don't last long among us, the poor; we can't live if we...

Disappointment or misfortune don't last long among us, the poor; we can't live if we...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Disappointment, when it involves neither shame nor loss, is as good as success; for it...

Do not tell me, for I've heard it all, there is too much to do...

Do not tell me, for I've heard it all, there is too much to do...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

There will be little rubs and disappointments everywhere, and we are all apt to expect...

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers

Those who never philosophized until they met with disappointments, have mostly become disappointed philosophers