The best thing to do with the best things in life is to give them up.
History is an account, mostly false, of events, mostly unimportant, which are brought about by rulers, mostly knaves, and soldiers, mostly fools.
The covers of this book are too far apart.
Conservative n: A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal who wishes to replace them with others.
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The beginning of wisdom, as they say. When you're seventeen you know everything. When you're twenty-seven, if you still know everything, you're still seventeen.
Because one believes in oneself, one doesn’t try to convince others. Because one is content with oneself, one doesn’t need others’ approval. Because one accepts oneself, the whole world accepts him or her.