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Don't think of retiring from

Don't think of retiring from the world until the world will be sorry that you retire. I hate a fellow whom pride or cowardice or laziness drives into a corner, and who does nothing when he is there but sit and growl. Let him come out as I do, and bark.
👁️ 52

A cucumber should be well-sliced,

A cucumber should be well-sliced, dressed with pepper and vinegar, and then thrown out.
👁️ 40

Every quotation contributes something to

Every quotation contributes something to the stability or enlargement of the language.
👁️ 41

Hope is necessary in every

Hope is necessary in every condition.
👁️ 49

If a man does not

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself alone. A man should keep his friendships in constant repair.
👁️ 60

As I know more of

As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.
👁️ 55

Almost all absurdity of conduct

Almost all absurdity of conduct arises from the imitation of those whom we cannot resemble.
👁️ 48

No matter how dull, or

No matter how dull, or how mean, or how wise a man is, he feels that happiness is his indisputable right.
👁️ 47

Men are wise in proportion

Men are wise in proportion not to their experience but to their capacity for experience.
👁️ 51

Be not too hasty to

Be not too hasty to trust or admire the teachers of morality they discourse like angels, but they live like men.
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