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A clever woman has millions of born foes,--all stupid men. - [Women] Accident is veiled necessity. - [Necessity] Age either transfigures or petrifies. - [Age] An opinion may be controverted; a prejudice, never. - [Opinion] As soon as fashion is universal, it is out of date. - [Fashion] Be the first to say what is self-evident, and you are immortal. - [Originality] Beware of the virtue which a man boasts is his. - [Virtue] Even virtue is an art; and even its devotees are divided into those who practise it and those who are merely amateurs. - [Virtue] Fools usually know best that which the wise despair of ever comprehending. - [Understanding] Generosity, to be perfect, should always be accompanied by dash of humor. - [Generosity] Genius points the way; talent pursues it. - [Genius] Grace is the outcome of inward harmony. - [Grace] He who says patience, says courage, endurance, strength. - [Patience] How happy are the pessimists! What joy is theirs when they have proved there is no joy. - [Joy] How wise must one be to be always kind. - [Kindness] If there be a faith that can remove mountains, it is faith in one's own power. - [Self-reliance] In every exalted joy, there mingles a sense of gratitude. - [Joy] In youth we learn; in age we understand. - [Youth] It is unfortunate that superior talent and superior men are so seldom united. - [Talent] Kindness which is not inexhaustible does not deserve the name. - [Kindness] Never expect women to be sincere, so long as they are educated to think that their first aim in life is to please. - [Women] Nothing is less promising than precocity. A young thistle is more like a future tree than is a young oak. - [Precocity] Nothing is so often irrevocably neglected as an opportunity of daily occurrence. - [Opportunity] One thought cannot awake without awakening others. - [Thought] Pain is the great teacher of mankind. Beneath its breath souls develop. - [Pain] Displaying page 1 of 2 for this author: Next >> [1] 2
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