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- No-one wants advice only corroboration.
- John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968)
- Suit the action to the word, the word to the action; with this special observance, that you o'erstep not the modesty of nature.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- It is vain to say human beings might be satisfied with tranquillity; they must have action, and they will make it if they can not find it.
- Charlotte Bronte (1816 - 1855)
- Adversity is the state in which man most easily becomes acquainted with himself, being especially free of admirers then.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- It is an aspect of happiness to suppose we all deserve it.
- Joseph Joubert
- A peasant and a philosopher may be equally satisfied, but not equally happy. Happiness consists in the multiplicity of agreeable consciousness.
- Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
- His passions make man live, his wisdom merely makes him last.
- Nicholas Chamfort (1741 - 1794)
- Behind many acts that are thought ridiculous there lie wise and weighty motives.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- I see men ordinarily more eager to discover a reason for things than to find out whether the things are so.
- Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
- He who is not very strong in memory should not meddle with lying.
- Michel de Montaigne (1533 - 1592)
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