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Sir Wilfred T. Grenfell

The service we render to others is …

17 May , 2024  

The service we render to others is really the rent we pay for our room on this earth. It is obvious that man is himself a traveler; that the purpose of this world is not “to have and to hold” but “to give and serve.” There can be no other meaning. Great short quote and […]

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Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book nine

The sinners sins against himself; t…

17 May , 2024  

The sinners sins against himself; the wrongdoer wrongs himself, becoming the worse by his own action. Great short quote and quotation by: Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, Book nine ,

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Hazlitt

The surest hindrance of success is …

17 May , 2024  

The surest hindrance of success is to have too high a standard of refinement in our own minds, or too high an opinion of the judgment of the public. He who is determined not to be satisfied with anything short of perfection will never do anything to please himself or others. Great short quote and […]

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The true civilization is where ever…

24 Sep , 2019  

The true civilization is where every man gives to every other every right that he claims for himself. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert Ingersoll , US agnostic, agnostic apologist, lawyer, & orator (1833 – 1899)

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Willmott

The vain man is generally a doubter…

6 Feb , 2019  

The vain man is generally a doubter. It is Newton who sees himself as child on the sea shore, and his discoveries in the colored shell. Great short quote and quotation by: Willmott ,

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The visionary lies to himself, the …

25 Jan , 2017  

The visionary lies to himself, the liar only to others. Great short quote and quotation by: Friedrich Nietzsche , German philosopher (1844 – 1900)

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Charles Dudley Warner

The wise man does not permit himsel…

25 Jan , 2017  

The wise man does not permit himself to set up even in his own mind any comparisons of his friends. His friendship is capable of going to extremes with many people, evoked as it is by many qualities. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles Dudley Warner , US editor & essayist (1829 – 1900)

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The wit makes fun of other persons;…

25 Jan , 2017  

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself, but in so doing, he identifies himself with people–that is, people everywhere, not for the purpose of taking them apart, but simply revealing their true nature. Great short quote and quotation by: James Thurber , […]

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James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview

The wit makes fun of other persons;…

25 Jan , 2017  

The wit makes fun of other persons; the satirist makes fun of the world; the humorist makes fun of himself. Great short quote and quotation by: James Thurber, in Edward R. Murrow television interview , US author, cartoonist, humorist, & satirist (1894 – 1961)

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Boileau

The world is full of fools; and he …

25 Jan , 2017  

The world is full of fools; and he who would not wish to see one, must not only shut himself up alone, but must also break his looking-glass. Great short quote and quotation by: Boileau ,

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The world owes all its onward impul…

25 Jan , 2017  

The world owes all its onward impulses to men ill at ease. The happy man inevitably confines himself within ancient limits. Great short quote and quotation by: Nathaniel Hawthorne , US author (1804 – 1864)

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There is a difference between happi…

3 Jul , 2015  

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool. Great short quote and quotation by: Sir Francis Bacon , English author, courtier, & philosopher (1561 – 1626)

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