“When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.”
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“When a thing is funny, search it carefully for a hidden truth.”
“The return of my birthday, if I remember it, fills me with thoughts which it seems to be the general care of humanity to escape”
“I choose my friends for their good looks, my acquaintances for their good characters, and my enemies for their intellects. A man cannot be too careful in the choice of his enemies. ”
“Age considers; youth ventures”
“Old age is like everything else. To make a success of it, you've got to start young ”
“A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles ”
“If you care enough for a result, you will most certainly attain it”
“To give aid to every poor man is far beyond the reach and power of every man. Care of the poor is incumbent on society as a whole. ”
“One should take good care not to grow too wise for so great a pleasure of life as laughter”
“A man's first care should be to avoid the reproaches of his own heart, and his next to escape the censures of the world”
“No bird soars too high, if he soars with his own wings”
“But what is past my help is past my care”
“The young do not know enough to be prudent, and therefore they attempt the impossible - and achieve it, generation after generation”
“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members”
“Do your duty and a little more and the future will take care of itself”
“Practice makes perfect, so be careful what you practice”
“Philosophy is life's dry-nurse, who can take care of us -- but not suckle us”
“The care of souls cannot belong to the civil magistrate”
“Kind hearts are the gardens, kind thoughts are the roots, kind words are the flowers, kind deeds are the fruits. Take care of your garden and keep out the weeds, fill it with sunshine, kind words and kind deeds”