Thought and Reason
Bad times have a scientific value. These are occasions a good learner would not miss.3.8 · 24 votes · 130 reads
Thought and Reason
Belief consists in accepting the affirmations of the soul; unbelief, in denying them.3.8 · 6 votes · 61 reads
Virtues
Big jobs usually go to the men who prove their ability to outgrow small ones.4.9 · 38 votes · 42 reads
Virtues
By persisting in your path, though you forfeit the little, you gain the great.3.4 · 28 votes · 119 reads
Thought and Reason
Can anybody remember when the times were not hard, and money not scarce?4.3 · 59 votes · 142 reads
Thought and Reason
Can anything be so elegant as to have few wants, and to serve them one's self?3.7 · 18 votes · 29 reads
Society
Cities give us collision. 'Tis said, London and New York take the nonsense out of a man.4.6 · 35 votes · 156 reads
Society
Commerce is a game of skill which everyone cannot play and few can play well.4.7 · 38 votes · 14 reads
Thought and Reason
Condense some daily experience into a glowing symbol and an audience is electrified.4.3 · 51 votes · 74 reads
Various
Conversation enriches the understanding; but solitude is the school of genius.4.7 · 6 votes · 77 reads
Thought and Reason
Conversation is an art in which a man has all mankind for competitors.3.1 · 55 votes · 122 reads
Virtues
Courtesy Life be not so short but that there is always time for courtesy.3.0 · 29 votes · 122 reads
Art and Culture
Criticism should not be querulous and wasting, all knife and root-puller, but guiding, instructive, inspiring.3.1 · 17 votes · 53 reads
Nature
Do not be too timid and squeamish about your actions. All life is an experiment.3.0 · 59 votes · 60 reads
Various
Do that which is assigned to you and you cannot hope too much or dare too much.3.4 · 5 votes · 146 reads
Government and Politics
Do the thing and you will have the power. But they that do not the thing, had not the power.4.8 · 56 votes · 71 reads
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