None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to make use of the old ones. |
None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to make use of the old ones. |
Not what we experience, but how we perceive what we experience, determines our fate. |
Parents forgive their children least readily for the faults they themselves instilled in them |
Privilege is the greatest enemy of right |
Privilege is the greatest enemy of right |
So soon as a fashion is universal, it is out of date. |
The poor man wishes to conceal his poverty, and the rich man his wealth: the former fears lest he be despised, the latter lest he be plundered. |
Those who understand only what can be explained understand very little. |
To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible |
To be content with little is hard; to be content with much, impossible |
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. |
We are so vain that we even care for the opinion of those we don't care for. |
We don't believe in rheumatism and true love until after the first strike. |
We don't believe in rheumatism or true love until we have been attacked by them. |