Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate.

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Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game...

Authors from whom others steal should not complain, but rejoice. Where there is no game...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't...

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

He who believes in freedom of the will has never loved and never hated.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to...

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Imaginary evils are incurable

Imaginary evils are incurable

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the...

The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the...

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

What delights us in visible beauty is the invisible.

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the...

Exceptions are not always the proof of the old rule; they can also be the...

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

If you have one good idea, people will lend you twenty.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.

To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible.