The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

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The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.

The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

I'm aiming by the time I'm fifty to stop being an adolescent.

It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that...

It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that...

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Moderation is the inseparable companion of wisdom, but with it genius has not even a...

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day...

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day...

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and...

Nothing more completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity, than straightforward and...

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it...

True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it...

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

Human foresight often leaves its proudest possessor only a choice of evils

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and...

There are three modes of bearing the ills of life, by indifference, by philosophy, and...

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those...

We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those...

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

Books, like friends, should be few and well chosen. Like friends, too, we should return...

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes,...

True contentment depends not upon what we have; a tub was large enough for Diogenes,...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to...

To know the pains of power, we must go to those who have it; to...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

The two most precious things this side of the grave are our reputation and our...

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The...

The mistakes of the fool are known to the world, but not to himself. The...

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

Our very best friends have a tincture of jealousy even in their friendship; and when...

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and...

Physical courage, which despises all danger, will make a man brave in one way; and...

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

A leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way.

From caring comes courage

From caring comes courage