It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not abuse it.

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It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

It is, no doubt, an immense advantage to have done nothing, but one should not...

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

Gold like the sun, which melts wax, but hardens clay, expands great souls.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Ideas are a capital that bears interest only in the hands of talent.

Vices are often habits rather than passions

Vices are often habits rather than passions

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing...

The only thing wealth does for some people is to make them worry about losing...

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

Generally speaking, there is more wit than talent in the world. Society swarms with witty...

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.

Oblivion is the rule and fame the exception, of humanity.

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

Of every ten persons who talk about you, nine will say something bad, and the...

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

To lose one's self in reverie, one must be either very happy, or very unhappy....

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Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Familiarity is the root of the closest friendships, as well as the intensest hatreds

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in...

Man spends his life in reasoning on the past, in complaining of the present, in...

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

It is the dim haze of mystery that adds enchantment to pursuit.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.