Memory always obeys the commands of the heart.

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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...

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.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

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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.

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

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

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....

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

Vices are often habits rather than passions.

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...

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

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

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...

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

Reason is the historian, but passions are the actors.

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...

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...

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Speech is external thought, and thought internal speech.

Vices are often habits rather than passions

Vices are often habits rather than passions

) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

) Music is the balm that heals the forlorn ache of a distant star.

'Will you retire?' 'When they put me in the grave, I want to have a...

'Will you retire?' 'When they put me in the grave, I want to have a...

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

There is not a passion so strongly rooted in the human heart as envy.

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...

If he does really think that there is no distinction between virtue and vice, why,...