“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed”
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“If we had paid no more attention to our plants than we have to our children, we would now be living in a jungle of weed”
“Attention to health is life's greatest hindrance”
“You know more of a road by having traveled it than by all the conjectures and descriptions in the world. ”
“Loving is not just looking at each other, it's looking in the same direction. ”
“One must not trifle with love”
“One travels more usefully when alone, because he reflects more”
“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. ”
“Like all great travelers, I have seen more than I remember, and remember more than I have seen”
“I take a simple view of life. It is keep your eyes open and get on with it.”
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”
“The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong”
“An opera may be allowed to be extravagantly lavish in its decorations, as its only design is to gratify the senses and keep up an indolent attention in the audience”
“Let's not forget that the little emotions are the great captains of our lives and we obey them without realising it”
“Nobody can tell what I suffer! But it is always so. Those who do not complain are never pitied.”
“The power of doing anything with quickness is always prized much by the possessor, and often without any attention to the imperfection of the performance.”
“We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be.”
“Who speaks to the instincts speaks to the deepest in mankind, and finds the readiest response.”
“He listens well who takes notes.”
“Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults”
“Anybody, providing he knows how to be amusing, has the right to talk about himself ”