What another would have done as well as you, do not do it. What another would have said as well as you, do not say it; what another would have written as well, do not write it. Be faithful to…

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It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for...

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

It is with noble sentiments that bad literature gets written

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

Know thyself. A maxim as pernicious as it is ugly. Whoever studies himself arrest his...

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

A straight path never leads anywhere except to the objective.

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth....

There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your truth....

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Prejudices are the props of civilization

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

Fish die belly upward, and rise to the surface. Its their way of falling.

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

Of some forty families I have been able to observe, I know hardly four in...

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre...

It is essential to persuade the soldier that those he is being urged to massacre...

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Nothing prevents happiness like the memory of happiness.

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Understanding is the beginning of approving

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

Only those things are beautiful which are inspired by madness and written by reason.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

The most decisive actions of life are most often unconsidered actions.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

There are very few monsters who warrant the fear we have of them.

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding...

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

Through loyalty to the past, our mind refuses to realize that tomorrow's joy is possible...

At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at...

At times is it seems that I am living my life backward, and that at...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

Ours is the age of substitutes: instead of language, we have jargon: instead of principles,...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

As for my father, few souls are less troubled. He can be simply pleased with...

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this...

Anything you cannot relinquish when it has outlived its usefulness possesses you, and in this...