 A stiff apology is a second insult. The injured party does not want to be compensated because he has been wronged; he wants to be healed because he has been hurt. Topics: Humility, Healing, Hurt |
| Self-denial is the test and definition of self-government. Topics: Humility, Self-denial |
| With any recovery from morbidity there must go a certain healthy humiliation. Topics: Humility |
| What we suffer from today is humility in the wrong place. Modesty has moved from the organ of ambition. Modesty has settled upon the organ of conviction; where it was never meant to be. A man was meant to be doubtful about himself, but undoubting about the truth; this has been exactly reversed. Topics: Humility, Modesty |
| Lying in bed would be an altogether perfect and supreme experience if only one had a colored pencil long enough to draw on the ceiling. Topics: Humorous, Laziness |
| Man is an exception, whatever else he is. If he is not the image of God, then he is a disease of the dust. If it is not true that a divine being fell, then we can only say that one of the animals went entirely off its head. Topics: Humorous, Life |
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| Music with dinner is an insult both to the cook and the violinist. Topics: Humorous, Music |
| Never invoke the gods unless you really want them to appear. It annoys them very much. Topics: Humorous |
| The only way of catching a train I have ever discovered is to miss the train before. Topics: Humorous |
| The poets have been mysteriously silent on the subject of cheese. Topics: Humorous |
| Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich. Topics: Hypocrisy |
| Impartiality is a pompous name for indifference, which is an elegant name for ignorance. Topics: Ignorance |
