The poor are the only consistent altruists; they sell all they have and give it to the rich.

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When in doubt, risk it

When in doubt, risk it

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your...

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your...

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge

Pedantry is the dotage of knowledge

No man is ever old enough to know better.

No man is ever old enough to know better.

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.

Patience has its limits, take it too far and it's cowardice.

Intuition is reason in a hurry.

Intuition is reason in a hurry.

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place,...

The time to read is any time: no apparatus, no appointment of time and place,...

Your library is your portrait.

Your library is your portrait.

Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.

Suffer fools gladly; they may be right.

Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.

Those who seek happiness miss it, and those who discuss it, lack it.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Genius is initiative on fire.

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your...

Beware of your habits. The better they are the more surely they will be your...

Your library is your portrait.

Your library is your portrait.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

The end of reading is not more books but more life.

A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children.

A mother never realizes that her children are no longer children.