Today Quotes
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If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may easily speak too much. A full tongue and an empty brain are seldom parted.Francis Quarles
I think I may define taste to be that faculty of the soul which discerns the beauties of an author with pleasure, and the imperfections with dislike.Joseph Addison
A truly elegant taste is generally accompanied with excellency of heart.Henry Fielding
Good taste is the flower of good sense.A. Poincelot
People who like this sort of thing will find this the sort of thing they like.Abraham Lincoln, in a book review
Gossip is always a personal confession of malice or imbecility; it is a low, frivolous, and too often a dirty business. There are neighborhoods where it rages like a pest; churches are split in pieces by it, and neighbor made enemies for life. Let the young avoid or cure it while they may.Jack Holland
A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.Henry B. Adams
You teach best what you most need to learn.Richard Bach
The best teacher is the one who suggests rather than dogmatizes, and inspires his listener with the wish to teach himself.Edward Bulwer-Lytton
A wisely chosen illustration is almost essential to fasten the truth upon the ordinary mind, and no teacher can afford to neglect this part of his preparation.Howard Crosby