Poems List

Strong men can always afford to be gentle. Only the weak are intent on “giving as good as they get.”
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Meanness is more in half-doing than in omitting acts of generosity.
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Be yourself and think for yourself; and while your conclusions may not be infallible they will be nearer right than the conclusions forced upon you by those
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Let a man once see himself as others see him, and all enthusiasm vanishes from his heart.
Life is a paradox. Every truth has its counterpart which contradicts it; and every philosopher supplies the logic for his own undoing.
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Morality is largely a matter of geography.
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The average woman sees only the weak points in a strong man, and the good points in a weak one.
A retentive memory may be a good thing, but the ability to forget is the true token of greatness.
As a rule, the man who can do all things equally well is a very mediocre individual.
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Our admiration is so given to dead martyrs that we have little time for living heroes.
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