Actions are visible, though motives are secret.
From Samuel Johnson
A man will turn over half a library to make one book.
The future is purchased by the present.
Where grief is fresh, any attempt to divert it only irritates.
That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
You hesitate to stab me with a word, and know not - silence is the sharper sword.
The chains of habit are too weak to be felt until they are too strong to be broken.
Adversity leads us to think properly of our state, and so is most beneficial to us.
He that undervalues himself will undervalue others, and he that undervalues others will oppress them.
In order that all men may be taught to speak the truth, it is necessary that all likewise should learn to hear it.
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