“We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself”
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“We are not won by arguments that we can analyze, but by tone and temper; by the manner, which is the man himself”
“Men get opinions as boys learn to spell, by reiteration chiefly”
“What makes saintliness in my view, as distinguished from ordinary goodness, is a certain quality of magnanimity and greatness of soul that brings life within the circle of the heroic”
“The burning of rebellious thoughts in the little breast, of internal hatred and opposition, could not long go on without slight whiffs of external smoke, such as mark the course of subterranean fire”
“You cannot make yourself feel something you do not feel, but you can make yourself do right in spite of your feelings.”
“One wise man's verdict outweighs all the fools”
“A mediocre mind thinks it writes divinely; a good mind thinks it writes reasonably”
“The exact contrary of what is generally believed is often the truth”
“I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle”
“There are a good many fools who call me a friend, and also a good many friends who call me a fool”
“People generally quarrel because they cannot argue”
“Bigotry may be roughly defined as the anger of men who have no opinions”
“A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things”
“Men do not differ much about what things they will call evils; they differ enormously about what evils they will call excusable”
“What occasions the greater part of the world's quarrels? Simply this: Two minds meet and do not understand each other in time enough to prevent any shock of surprise at the conduct of either party”
“What difference does it make to you what someone else becomes, or says, or does? You do not need to answer for others, only for yourself.”
“He is no lawyer who cannot take two sides”
“It often takes more courage to change one's opinion than to stick to it”
“To do just the opposite is also a form of imitation”
“Nothing is more conducive to peace of mind than not having any opinions at all”