What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.

Quote by Robert Bulwer-Lytton

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The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener...

The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener...

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.

There is nothing certain in a man's life but that he must lose it.

One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.

One of the sublimest things in the world is plain truth.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants...

We tell our triumphs to the crowds, but our own hearts are the sole confidants...

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to...

No author ever drew a character consistent to human nature, but he was forced to...

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than...

When a person is down in the world, an ounce of help is better than...

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is...

One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is...

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

A fool flatters himself, a wise man flatters the fool.

Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to...

Master books, but do not let them master you. Read to live, not live to...

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

Art and science have their meeting point in method.

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to...

Be it jewel or toy, not the prize gives the joy, but the striving to...

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking...

Truth makes on the ocean of nature no one track of light; every eye, looking...

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.

You believe that easily which you hope for earnestly.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man...

If thou be industrious to procure wealth, be generous in the disposal of it. Man...

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature...

In science, read, by preference, the newest works; in literature, the oldest. The classic literature...

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have...

What is past is past, there is a future left to all men, who have...

The pen is mightier than the sword.

The pen is mightier than the sword.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.

Remorse is the echo of a lost virtue.