“It is a wise thing to be polite; consequently, it is a stupid thing to be rude. To make enemies by unnecessary and willful incivility, is just as insane a proceeding as to set your house on fire. For politeness is like a counter--an avowedly false coin, with which it is foolish to be stingy.”
― The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims
― The Wisdom of Life and Counsels and Maxims
“All happy families are alike; each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way.”
― Anna Karenina
― Anna Karenina
“You can make more friends in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get other people interested in you.”
― How to Win Friends and Influence People
― How to Win Friends and Influence People
“If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was and never will be.”
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“There are in fact two things, science and opinion; the former begets knowledge, the latter ignorance.”
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