Make no display of your talents or attainments; for every one will clearly see, admire, and acknowledge them, so long as you cover them with the beautiful veil of modesty

Quote by Nathaniel Emmons

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Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters

Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Insanity destroys reason, but not wit.

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and oral evils.

Selfishness is the root and source of all natural and oral evils.

The man who lives by himself and for himself is apt to be corrupted by...

The man who lives by himself and for himself is apt to be corrupted by...

That man who lives for self alone, lives for the meanest mortal known.

That man who lives for self alone, lives for the meanest mortal known.

A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting....

A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting....

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on he world a benefit when he...

He who lives only to benefit himself confers on he world a benefit when he...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

The selfish man suffers more from his selfishness than he from whom that selfishness withholds...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live; it is asking others to live...

The world spins, but not around you.

The world spins, but not around you.

A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting....

A new way of thinking has become the necessary condition for responsible living and acting....