Wherethe tongue

Wherethe tongue
Wherethe tongue slips, it speaks the truth.
  

Jan, 20 2012     43 chars (1 sms)     1324 views       Quotes

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To ask advice is in nine cases out of ten tout for flattery.
Hear me,my chiefs! I am tired. My heart is sick and sad. From where the sun nowstands, I will fight no more forever.
Pleasure is the sincerest compliment.
A book, like a landscape, is a state of consciouness varying with readers.
I give myself,sometimes, admirable advice, but I am incapable of taking it.
Every new adjustment is a crisis in self-esteem.
Each time we read, a seed is sown for the future.
The civilisation of one epoch becomes the manure of the next.
Onehour of thoughtful solitude may nerve the heart for days of conflict girdingup its armor to meet the most insidious foe.
True, Heavenprohibits certain pleasures; but one can generally negotiate a compromise.
Bythree methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection, which is noblest;second, imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is thebitterest.
The hand of liberality is stronger than the arm of power.