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What is all wisdom save

What is all wisdom save a collection of platitudes. Take fifty of our current proverbial sayings-- they are so trite, so threadbare. None the less they embody the concentrated experience of the race, and the man who orders his life according to their teachings cannot be far wrong. Has any man ever attained to inner harmony by pondering the experience of others? Not since the world began! He must pass through fire.
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There is in us a

There is in us a lyric germ or nucleus which deserves respect; it bids a man to ponder or create; and in this dim corner of himself he can take refuge and find consolations which the society of his fellow creatures does not provide.
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You can construct the character

You can construct the character of a man and his age not only from what he does and says, but from what he fails to say and do.
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To find a friend one

To find a friend one must close one eye -- to keep him, two.
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Never take a solemn oath.

Never take a solemn oath. People think you mean it.
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It takes a wise man

It takes a wise man to handle a lie, a fool had better remain honest.
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Shall I give you my

Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague.
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One can always trust to

One can always trust to time. Insert a wedge of time and nearly everything straightens itself out.
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Many a man who thinks

Many a man who thinks to found a home discovers that he has merely opened a tavern for his friends.
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They who are all things

They who are all things to their neighbors cease to be anything to themselves.
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