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Man is only truly great when he acts from the passions; never irresistible but when he appeals to the imagination. - [Passion] Mediocrity can talk; but it is for genius to observe. - [Mediocrity] Meditation is culture. - [Culture] Money is power, and rare are the heads that can withstand the possession of great power. - [Money] More pernicious nonsense was never devised by man than treaties of commerce. - [Commerce] Nature, like man, sometimes weeps for gladness. - [Rain] Never apologize for showing feeling. My friend, remember that when you do so you apologize for truth. - [Sincerity] Never argue. In society nothing must be; give only results. If any person differs from you, bow, and turn the conversation. - [Argument] Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forgo an advantage. - [Knowledge] Next to the assumption of power was the responsibility of relinquishing it. - [Power] No affections and a great brain,--these are the men to command the world. - [Affection] No conjunction can possibly occur, however fearful, however tremendous it may appear, from which a man by his own energy may not extricate himself, as a mariner by the rattling of his cannon can dissipate the impending waterspout. - [Energy] No enemy is so terrible as a man of genius. - [Genius] No man is regular in his attendance at the house of commons until he is married. - [Marriage] No one but an adventurous traveler can know the luxury of sleep. - [Sleep] Nobody is forgotten when it is convenient to remember him. - [Forgetfulness] Nobody should ever look anxious except those who have no anxiety. - [Anxiety] Nonsense, when earnest, is impressive, and sometimes takes you in. If you are in a hurry, you occasionally mistake it for sense. - [Nonsense] Nothing can resist the human will that will stake even its existence on its stated purpose. - [Will] Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure and generally occasion ourselves. - [Anxiety] Novelty is an essential attribute of the beautiful. - [Novelty] Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard. - [Manners] Nurture your mind with great thoughts; to believe in the heroic makes heroes. - [Thought] Of all unfortunate men one of the unhappiest is a middling author endowed with too lively a sensibility for criticism. - [Authorship] One should conquer the world, not to enthrone a man, but an idea; for ideas exist forever. - [Ideas] Displaying page 5 of 12 for this author: << Prev Next >> 1 2 3 4 [5] 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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