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Erudition can produce foliage without bearing fruit.


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The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.

The Greeks possessed a knowledge of human nature we seem hardly able to attain to without passing through the strengthening hibernation of a new barbarism.



One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.

One might call habit a moral friction: something that prevents the mind from gliding over things but connects it with them and makes it hard for it to free itself from them.



There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.

There exists a species of transcendental ventriloquism by means of which men can be made to believe that something said on earth comes from Heaven.



Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.

Just as the performance of the vilest and most wicked deeds requires spirit and talent, so even the greatest demand a certain insensitivity which under other circumstances we would call stupidity.



If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.

If there were only turnips and potatoes in the world, someone would complain that plants grow the wrong way.



Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.

Many things about our bodies would not seem to us so filthy and obscene if we did not have the idea of nobility in our heads.



To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.

To read means to borrow; to create out of one s readings is paying off one's debts.



Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.



He who understands the wise is wise already.

He who understands the wise is wise already.



Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.

Man loves company - even if it is only that of a small burning candle.





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Delighting in the Lord alters the desires.



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I have a similar issue with people who hire me as I do with women. 'You have to have a particular taste to want to be around me. I have a slightly askew view.

I have a similar issue with people who hire me as I do with women. 'You have to have a particular taste to want to be around me. I have a slightly askew view.



Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I have ever had. And I am eternally grateful.

Mr. Cukor is a hard task-master, a fine director and he took me over the coals giving me the roughest time I have ever had. And I am eternally grateful.



I'm hitting it better than last year. The putting is getting close now, too.

I'm hitting it better than last year. The putting is getting close now, too.



The best way to show true gratitude for all our blessings is to be genuinely happy.

The best way to show true gratitude for all our blessings is to be genuinely happy.



People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.

People are afraid to pursue their most important dreams, because they feel that they don't deserve them, or that they'll be unable to achieve them.



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Give luck a chance to happen.



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If I knew how much you loved me, I would’ve shot you sooner.




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