Clothes and manners do not make the man; but, when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance. Topics: Humorous |
No man is sane who does not know how to be insane on proper occasions. Topics: Humorous |
Every man should keep a fair-sized cemetery in which to bury the faults of his friends. Topics: Hypocrisy, Friendship |
You and I do not see things as they are. We see things as we are. Topics: Hypocrisy |
The ignorant classes are the dangerous classes. Topics: Ignorance |
The test of Christian character should be that a man is a joy-bearing agent to the world. Topics: Joy |
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God asks no man whether he will accept life. That is not the choice. You must take it. The only choice is how. Topics: Life, Choices |
God made man to go by motives, and he will not go without them, any more than a boat without steam or a balloon without gas. Topics: Life |
The sun does not shine for a few trees and flowers, but for the wide world's joy. Topics: Life, Joy |
We sleep, but the loom of life never stops, and the pattern which was weaving when the sun went down is weaving when it comes up in the morning. Topics: Life |
Our days are a kaleidoscope. Every instant a change takes place. New harmonies, new contrasts, new combinations of every sort. The most familiar people stand each moment in some new relation to each other, to their work, to surrounding objects. Topics: Life, Change |
Life would be a perpetual flea hunt if a men were obliged to run down all the innuendos, inveracities, insinuations and misrepresentations which are uttered against him. Topics: Life |