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William Penn
A good End cannot sanctifie
A good End cannot sanctifie evil Means; nor must we ever do Evil, that Good may come of it.
61
William Penn
If thou wouldn't conquer thy
If thou wouldn't conquer thy weakness thou must not gratify it.
72
William Penn
Less judgment than wit is
Less judgment than wit is more sail than ballast.
75
William Penn
A true friend unbosoms freely,
A true friend unbosoms freely, advises justly, assists readily, adventures boldly, takes all patiently, defends courageously, and continues a friend unchangeably.
50
William Penn
In marriage do thou be
In marriage do thou be wise; prefer the person before money; virtue before beauty; the mind before the body.
75
William Penn
Much reading is an oppression
Much reading is an oppression of the mind, and extinguishes the natural candle, which is the reason of so many senseless scholars in the world.
63
Adrian Frutiger
If you remember the shape
If you remember the shape of your spoon at lunch, it has to be the wrong shape. The spoon and the letter are tools; one to take food from the bowl, the other to take information off the page... When it is a good design, the reader has to feel comfortable because the letter is both banal and beautiful.
54
William Penn
He who is taught to
He who is taught to live upon little owes more to his father's wisdom than he who has a great deal left him does to his father's care.
74
William D. Snow
Quick, cheap, or good, pick
Quick, cheap, or good, pick two.
29
William B. Snow
Number of Open Mics (NOM)
Number of Open Mics (NOM)
54
William Hazlitt
It is hard for any
It is hard for any one to be an honest politician who is not born and bred a Dissenter.
84
Wilhelm Stekel
The mark of the immature
The mark of the immature man is that he wants to die nobly for a cause. The mark of the mature man is that he wants to live humbly for one.
48
William Hazlitt
Lest he should wander irretrievably
Lest he should wander irretrievably from the right path, he stands still.
88
William Hazlitt
Grace in women has more
Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
95
William Hazlitt
Good temper is an estate
Good temper is an estate for life.
106
William Hazlitt
To be happy, we must
To be happy, we must be true to nature, and carry our age along with us.
94
William Hazlitt
We are not hypocrites in
We are not hypocrites in our sleep.
104
William Hazlitt
As is our confidence, so
As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
96
William Hazlitt
We are very much what
We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts.
76
Vikrant Parsai
Credit is what enables people
Credit is what enables people to pay 20% to 35% extra for that product which they probably don't need.
76
William James
What every genuine philosopher (every
What every genuine philosopher (every genuine man, in fact) craves most is praise -- although the philosophers generally call it recognition!
104
William James
Much of what we call
Much of what we call evil is due entirely to the way men take the phenomenon. It can so often be converted into a bracing and tonic good by a simple change of the sufferer's inner attitude from one of fear to one of fight; its string can so often depart and turn into a relish when, after vainly seeking to shun it, we agree to face about and bear it...
100
William James
There can be no existence
There can be no existence of evil as a force to the healthy-minded individual.
93
William James
Be willing to have it
Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.
98