“No one should desire to live in irregular circumstances; but if by chance a man falls into them, they test his character and show of how much determination he is capable.”
― Maxims and Reflections
― Maxims and Reflections
“There are people who make no mistakes because they never wish to do anything worth doing.”
― Maxims and Reflections
― Maxims and Reflections
“There are men who love their like and seek it; others love their opposite and follow after it.”
― Maxims and Reflections
― Maxims and Reflections
“Every one has something in his nature which, if he were to express it openly, would of necessity give offence.”
― Maxims and Reflections
― Maxims and Reflections
“It is much easier to recognise error than to find truth; for error lies on the surface and may be overcome; but truth lies in the depths, and to search for it is not given to every one.”
― Maxims and Reflections
― Maxims and Reflections
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