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The Art of Worldly Wisdom
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Trust the friends of today as though they will be the enemies of tomorrow.
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Imagination travels faster than sight. Deceit comes in through the ears, but usually leaves through the eyes.
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To dissent from others' views is regarded as an insult because it is their condemnation.
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Truth always lags last, limping along on the arm of Time.
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If you cannot make knowledge your servant, make it your friend.
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All victories breed hate, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.
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It is a great piece of skill to know how to guide your luck even while waiting for it.
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Many have had their greatness made for them by their enemies.
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Keep expectation alive. Keep stirring it up. Let much promise more, and great deeds herald greater.
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Cultivate tact, for it is the mark of culture, and as important as character itself. It is the lubricant of human relationships, softening contacts and minimizing friction.
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If there is too much display today there will be nothing to show tomorrow. Always have some novelty with which to dazzle.
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Some die because they feel everything, others because they feel nothing. Some are fools because they suffer no regrets, and others because they do.
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Because the ignorant do not know themselves, they never know for what they are lacking. Some would be sages if they did not believe they were so already.
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Knowledge and courage. These are the elements of greatness. Because they are immortal they bestow immortality. Each is as much as he knows, and the wise can do anything. A person without knowledge is in world without light. Wisdom and strength are the eyes and hands. Knowledge without courage is sterile.
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Politeness and a sense of honor have this advantage: we bestow them on others without losing a thing.
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Freedom is more precious than the gift that makes us lose it.
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Always have your mouth full of sugar to sweeten your words, so that even your ill-wishers enjoy them.
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The best remedy for disturbances is to let them run their course, for so they quiet down.
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It is better to sleep on things beforehand than to lie awake about them afterward.
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One should cultivate good habits of memory, for it is capable of making existence a Paradise or an Inferno.
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The person who does not know how to put up with others should retire into himself, if indeed he can suffer even himself.
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Always leave something to wish for; otherwise you will be miserable from your very happiness.
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You have to appear wiser and more prudent than is required by the people you are dealing with if you want to give a high opinion of yourself.
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In conversation, discretion is more importance than eloquence.
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The sole advantage of power is that you can do more good.
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Every hand and every hour should be devoted to rescue the world from its insanity of guilt, and to assuage the pangs of human hearts with balm and anodyne. To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.
Horace Mann
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Born:
January 8, 1601
Died:
December 6, 1658
(aged 57)
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