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...

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Conquer, but don't triumph.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Imaginary evils are incurable.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them

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...

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

In youth we learn; in age we understand.

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...

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...

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Privilege is the greatest enemy of right

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date.

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

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

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in...

Little evil would be done in the world if evil never could be done in...

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

Even a stopped clock is right twice a day.

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...

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.

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.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their food, and tyrannize their teachers.

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have...

If your parents didn't have any children, there's a good chance that you won't have...