There are two good rules which ought to be written on every heart - never to believe anything bad about anybody unless you positively know it to be true; never to tell even that unless you feel that it is…

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Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

A peace that depends on fear is nothing but a suppressed war.

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we...

Happiness is inward, and not outward; and so, it does not depend on what we...

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why

Culture is the habit of being pleased with the best and knowing why

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too...

Time is too slow for those who wait, too swift for those who fear, too...

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Genius is talent set on fire by courage.

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...

Be glad of life because it gives you the chance to love, to work, to...

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the...

As long as habit and routine dictate the pattern of living, new dimensions of the...

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love...

There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love...

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes...

What we do belongs to what we are; and what we are is what becomes...

Love is not getting, but giving

Love is not getting, but giving

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Look around for a place to sow a few seeds.

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest

Love is the best thing in the world, and the thing that lives the longest

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death...

What you possess in the world will be found at the day of your death...

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

Many a treasure besides Ali Baba's is unlocked with a verbal key.

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the...

It is with rivers as it is with people: the greatest are not always the...

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament.

Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with...

Charisma is a sparkle in people that money can't buy. It's an invisible energy with...

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility,...

Charisma becomes the undoing of leaders. It makes them inflexible, convinced of their own infallibility,...

Forbidden things have a secret charm

Forbidden things have a secret charm