“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers”
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“Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers”
“The mind is not a vessel to be filled but a fire to be kindled”
“Age is not a particularly interesting subject. Anyone can get old. All you have to do is live long enough”
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young. The greatest thing in life is to keep your mind young ”
“While one finds company in himself and his pursuits, he cannot feel old, no matter what his years may be”
“I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel ”
“None are so old as those who have outlived enthusiasm ”
“It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.”
“He was a bold man that first eat an oyster”
“If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating”
“Parentage is a very important profession, but no test of fitness for it is ever imposed in the interest of the children”
“I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move”
“The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.”
“Every man has his follies - and often they are the most interesting thing he has got.”
“Nature and books belong to the eyes that see them. ”
“Men often act knowingly against their interest”
“There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest”
“The true secret of happiness lies in taking a genuine interest in all the details of daily life.”
“A reader seldom peruses a book with pleasure until he knows whether the writer of it be a black man or a fair man, of a mild or choleric disposition, married or a bachelor”
“To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement”