Men sometimes feel injured by praise because it assigns a limit to their merit; few people are modest enough not to take offence that one appreciates them.

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Habit is everything, even in love.

Habit is everything, even in love.

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small...

The greatest evil which fortune can inflict on men is to endow them with small...

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

Generosity gives assistance, rather than advice.

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

We should expect the best and the worst of mankind, as from the weather.

Great thoughts come from the heart.

Great thoughts come from the heart.

Few maxims are true in every respect

Few maxims are true in every respect

We discover in others what others hide from us, and we recognize in others what...

We discover in others what others hide from us, and we recognize in others what...

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that...

We are so presumptuous that we think we can separate our personal interest from that...

Men's thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not....

Men's thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not....

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should...

When thought is too weak to be simply expressed, it's clear proof that it should...

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and...

The greatest achievement of the human spirit is to live up to one's opportunities and...

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

Wicked people are always surprised to find ability in those that are good.

A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views

A new principle is an inexhaustible source of new views

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

It is easy to criticize an author, but difficult to appreciate him

Action makes more fortune than caution

Action makes more fortune than caution

Patience is the art of hoping.

Patience is the art of hoping.

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's...

The history of modern art is also the history of the progressive loss of art's...

One of the jobs of art is to inspire discussion, and Brokeback Mountain certainly has...

One of the jobs of art is to inspire discussion, and Brokeback Mountain certainly has...

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...

God's way of answering the Christian's prayer for more patience, experience, hope and love often...