To be totally understanding makes one very indulgent.

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Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be...

Have you not observed that faith is generally strongest in those whose character may be...

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts

Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory...

Love is the emblem of eternity: it confounds all notion of time: effaces all memory...

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

Love is the emplem of eternity; it confounds all notions of time; effaces all memory...

Love is the emplem of eternity; it confounds all notions of time; effaces all memory...

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

Sow good services: sweet remembrances will grow from them.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

In matters of the heart, nothing is true except the improbable.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action.

To understand everything makes one very indulgent.

To understand everything makes one very indulgent.

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman...

The desire of the man is for the woman, but the desire of the woman...

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When...

Prayer is more than meditation. In meditation, the source of strength is one's self. When...

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

A religious life is a struggle and not a hymn.

Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things...

Wit consists in seeing the resemblance between things which differ, and the difference between things...

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action

The greatest happiness is to transform one's feelings into action

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering

One must chose in life between boredom and suffering

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

Society develops wit, but its contemplation alone forms genius.

Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.

Intellect does not attain its full force unless it attacks power.

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm...

The sense of this word among the Greeks affords the noblest definition of it; enthusiasm...

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

Politeness is the art of choosing among your thoughts.

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but...

The voice of conscience is so delicate that it is easy to stifle it; but...