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

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Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

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.

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...

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...

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....

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...

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....

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

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Vices are often habits rather than passions

Vices are often habits rather than passions

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

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...

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

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.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language

Speech is human nature itself, with none of the artificiality of written language

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Speak when you are angry - and you'll make the best speech you'll ever regret.

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to...

Any man who makes a speech more than six times a year is bound to...