You're a wise person if you can easily direct your attention to what ever needs it.

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I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.

I am human and let nothing human be alien to me.

How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for.

How often things occur by mere chance which we dared not even hope for.

So many men, so many opinions.

So many men, so many opinions.

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

Where there's life, there's hope.

Where there's life, there's hope.

Moderation in all things.

Moderation in all things.

I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.

I am a man, and whatever concerns humanity is of interest to me.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

What a grand thing it is to be clever and have common sense.

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they...

I know the disposition of women: when you will, they won't; when you won't, they...

Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.

Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.

They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than...

They who love dancing too much seem to have more brains in their feet than...

While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a...

While the mind is in doubt it is driven this way and that by a...

I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.

I hold this as a rule of life: too much of anything is bad.

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much...

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much...

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

Their silence is praise enough.

Their silence is praise enough.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

These days flattery wins friends, truth begets hatred.

These days flattery wins friends, truth begets hatred.

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will...

When will the public cease to insult the teacher's calling with empty flattery? When will...

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

Flattery is false coin that is only current thanks to our vanity.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.

Prosperity makes friends, adversity tries them.