Today Quotes
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When you are obliged to make a statement that you know will cause displeasure, you must say it with every appearance of sincerity; this is the only way to make it palatable.Paul De Gondi
A cheerful mind is a vigorous mind.Jean De la Fontaine
Clarity of mind means clarity of passion, too; this is why a great and clear mind loves ardently and sees distinctly what it loves.Blaise Pascal
The same refinement which brings us new pleasures, exposes us to new pains.Edward Bulwer-Lytton
The worst derangement of the spirit is to believe things because we want them to be so, not because we have seen them for what they are.Jacques Bossuet
A thing is not proved just because no one has ever questioned it. What has never been gone into impartially has never been properly gone into. Hence scepticism is the first step toward truth. It must be applied generally, because it is the touchstone.Denis Diderot
Sow good services; sweet remembrances will grow them.Madame de Stael
In silence man can most readily preserve his integrity.Meister Eckhart
They are never alone that are accompanied with noble thoughts.Sir Philip Sidney
Where there is much desire to learn, there of necessity will be much arguing, much writing, many opinions; for opinions in good men is but knowledge in the making.John Milton