“I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things”
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“I do not read advertisements. I would spend all of my time wanting things”
“A woman is only a woman, but a good cigar is a smoke. ”
“At the bottom of enmity between strangers lies indifference”
“Love does not alter the beloved, it alters itself”
“It is no little wisdom for you to keep yourself in silence and in good peace when evil words are spoken to you, and to turn your heart to God and not to be troubled with the judgment of others”
“Progress, under whose feet the grass mourns and the forest turns into paper from which newspaper plants grow, has subordinated the purpose of life to the means of subsistence and turned us into the nuts and bolts for our tools”
“Democracy divides people into workers and loafers. It makes no provision for those who have no time to work”
“Private passions tire and exhaust themselves, public ones never”
“The beggar is the only person in the universe not obliged to study appearance.”
“No one ever regarded the First of January with indifference. It is that from which all date their time, and count upon what is left. It is the nativity of our common Adam”
“Separate from the pleasure of your company, I don't much care if I never see another mountain in my life”
“I always arrive late at the office, but I make up for it by leaving early”
“If moderation is a fault then indifference is a crime”
“Just as we outgrow a pair of trousers, we outgrow acquaintances, libraries, principles, etc., at times before they're worn out and times - and this is the worst of all - before we have new ones”
“Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all”
“Practice conquers the habit of doing, without reflecting on the rule.”
“Nature never makes excellent things for mean or no uses”
“He that deserves nothing should be content with anything”
“The anvil is not afraid of the hammer.”