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

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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.

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.

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.

Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.

Lovers quarrels are the renewal of love.

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.

To touch a sore is to renew one's grief.

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

What harsh judges fathers are to all young men!

I myself am the only friend I have

I myself am the only friend I have

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of...

Human nature is so constituted, that all see and judge better in the affairs of...

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

Too much liberty corrupts us all.

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

Extreme law is often extreme injustice

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

They are so knowing, that they know nothing.

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

Nothing is said that has not been said before.

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

I am a human being; nothing human can be alien to me.

The anger of lovers renews their love.

The anger of lovers renews their love.

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.

Children should be led into the right paths, not by severity, but by persuasion.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

Nowadays those are rewarded who make right appear wrong.

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...

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.

This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.