The best remedy for a short temper is a long walk.

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The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

The mind conceives with pain, but it brings forth with delight.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Only choose in marriage a man whom you would choose as a friend if he...

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Misery is almost always the result of thinking.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

Genius begins great works; labor alone finishes them.

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great...

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

Pleasures are always children, pains always have wrinkles.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

He who has imagination without learning has wings but no feet.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

All are born to observe order, but few are born to establish it.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Those who never retract their opinions love themselves more than they love the truth.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Imagination is the eye of the soul.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Without the spiritual world the material world is a disheartening enigma.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

Justice is the truth in action.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

You will find poetry nowhere unless you bring some of it with you.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

Space is to place as eternity is to time.

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

We may convince others by our arguments; but we can only persuade them by their...

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Necessity may render a doubtful act innocent, but it cannot make it praiseworthy

Fool's praise is censure

Fool's praise is censure

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises....

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises....