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Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. - [Enthusiasm] Everything in this world depends upon will. - [Will] Expediency is a law of nature. The camel is a wonderful animal, but the desert made the camel. - [Expediency] Extreme views are never just; something always turns up which disturbs the calculations formed upon their data. - [Extremes] Fame has eagle wings, and yet she mounts not so high as man's desires. - [Fame] Fear makes us feel our humanity. - [Fear] Female friendships are of rapid growth. - [Friendship] Finality is not the language of politics. - [Politics] For life in general, there is but one decree; youth is a blunder, manhood a struggle, old age a regret. - [Aging] Friendship is the gift of the gods, and the most precious boon to man. - [Friendship] Generally speaking, among sensible persons, it would seem that a rich man deems that friend a sincere one who does not want to borrow his money; while, among the less favored with fortune's gifts, the sincere friend is generally esteemed to be the individual who is ready to lend it. - [Friends] Great men never require experience. - [Experience] Great men should think of opportunity and not of time. That is the excuse of feeble and puzzled spirits. - [Opportunity] Grief is the agony of an instant; the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life. - [Grief] Happiness is only to be found in a recurrence to the principles of human nature; and these will prompt very simple measures. - [Happiness] He who gains time gains everything. - [Time] He wreathed the rod of criticism with roses. - [Criticism] However gradual may be the growth of confidence, that of credit requires still more time to arrive at maturity. - [Confidence] I am bound to furnish my antagonists with arguments, but not with comprehension. - [Argument] I am myself a gentleman of the press, and have no other escutcheon. - [Printing] I am prepared for the worst but hope for the best. - [Hope : Preparation] I believe absence is a great element of charm. - [Absence] I do not believe such a quality as chance exists. Every incident that happens must be a link in a chain. - [Chance] I do not like giving advice: it is incurring an unnecessary responsibility. - [Advice] I do not understand how an aristocracy can exist, unless it be distinguished by some quality which no other class of the community possesses. - [Aristocracy] Displaying page 3 of 12 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 [3] 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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