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The very thing that men think they have got the most of, they have got the least of: and that is judgment.
Josh Billings, 1818-1885
A particular tone in fact only has identity by virtue of its relationship to others. So with Man: his identity is an empty shell unless it is in relationship with all other men and with one source.
Herbert Whone, b. 1925
If we could trace our descendants, we should find all slaves to come from princes, and all princes from slaves.
Seneca, BCE ?1-65 CE
For hatred does not cease by hatred at any time:
hatred ceases by love — this is an old rule.
The Dhammapada, c. BCE 300
How blessed is he, who leads a country life,
John Dryden, 1631-1700
To be happy is not the purpose of our being, but to deserve happiness.
Johann Gottlieb Fichte, 1762-1814
Be sure you are right, then go ahead.
Davy Crockett, 1786-1836
O life! long to the wretched, short to the happy.
Publilius Syrus, BCE 85-43
Two and three are bound together: there is no three, no resolution, without the duality of male-female, spirit-matter.
Herbert Whone, b. 1925
Some men by ancestry are only the shadow of a mighty name.
Marcus Annaeus Lucanus (Lucan), 39-65 CE
Most men know what they hate,
Charles Caleb Colton, 1780? — 1832
Let them hate, so long as they fear.
Accius, 170-c.90 BCE
The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts: therefore, guard accordingly, and take care that you entertain no notions unsuitable to virtue and to reasonable nature.
Marcus Aurelius, 121-180 CE
To reach the port of Heaven we must sail sometimes with the wind and sometimes against it. But we must sail, and not drift or lie at anchor.
Oliver Wendell Holmes, 1809-1894
Everyone complains of his memory; no one complains of his judgment.
Duc De La Rochefoucauld, 1613-1680
A recapitulation is as essential to the deep needs of a human being as it is to music; and in a true musical recapitulation we should be able to find evidence of something having been acquired during the period of growth.
Herbert Whone, b. 1925
It is a wise father that knows his own child.
William Shakespeare, 1564-1616?
Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned,
William Congreve, 1670-1729.
Up the airy mountain,
William Allingham, 1828-1889
Know then this truth, enough for man to know:
Alexander Pope, 1688-1744
When once a decison is reached and execution is the order of the day, dismiss absolutely all responsibility and care about the outcome.
William James, 1842-1910
Knowledge is the treasure, but judgment is the treasurer, of a wise man.
William Penn, 1644-1718
He sleeps well who knows not that he sleeps ill.
Publilius Syrus, BCE 85-43
A child is a beam of sunlight from the Infinite and Eternal, with possibilities of virtue and vice — but as yet unstained.
Lyman Abbott, 1835-1922
The good man in his dwelling loves the earth.
In his heart, he loves what is profound.
In his associations, he loves humanity.
In his words, he loves faithfulness.
In government, he loves order.
In handling affairs, he loves competence.
In his activities, he loves timeliness.
It is because he does not compete that he is without reproach.
Lao-Tzu, fl. BCE 600
Happy is that city which in time of peace thinks of war.
Anon
No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness, or dream of it in the future. You are sure only of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
Henry Ward Beecher, 1813-1887
I shall tell you a great secret, my friend. Do not wait for the last judgment: judgment takes place every day.
Albert Camus, 1913-1960
It is with our judgments as our watches: none go just alike, yet each believes his own.
Alexander Pope, 1688-1744
In dreams the mind beholds its own immensity. What has been seen is seen again, and what has been heard is heard again. What has been felt in different places or faraway regions returns to the mind again. Seen and unseen, heard and unheard, felt and not felt, the mind sees all, since the mind is all.
Upanishads, c. BCE 800
Children are living jewels dropped unsustained from heaven.
Robert Pollock, 1798-1827
Unvex'd with anxious cares, and void of strife!
Few know what they love.
Nor Hell a fury like a woman scorned.
Down the rushy glen,
We daren't go a-hunting
For fear of little men.
Virtue alone is happiness below.