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If thou need money, get it in an honest way—by keeping books, if thou wilt, but not by writing books.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
A gentleman does not appear to know more or to be more than those with whom he is thrown into company.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
If there are but few who interest thee, why shouldst thou be disappointed if but few find thee interesting?
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
It is a large part of learning to know what one wants, and where it may be found in its most authentic form.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
Taste, of which the proverb says there should be no dispute, is precisely the subject which needs discussion.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
The teacher does best, not when he explains, but when he impels his pupils to seek themselves the explanation.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
The exercise of authority is odious, and they who know how to govern, leave it in abeyance as much as possible.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
Those subjects have the greatest educational value, which are richest in incentives to the noblest self-activity.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
Let not what thou canst not prevent, though it be the ruin of thy home or country, draw thee from thy proper work.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
Where it is the chief aim to teach many things, little education is given or received.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
There are who mistake the spirit of pugnacity for the spirit of piety, and thus harbor a devil instead of an angel.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
God has not made a world which suits all; how shall a sane man expect to please all?
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
The writers who accomplish most are those who compel thought on the highest and most profoundly interesting subjects.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
If thou canst not hold the golden mean, say and do too little rather than too much.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
Not to be able to utter one’s thought without giving offence, is to lack culture.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
What we think out for ourselves forms channels in which other thoughts will flow.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
The able have no desire to appear to be so, and this is part of their ability.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
They who see through the eyes of others are controlled by the will of others.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
If thou wouldst be interesting, keep thy personality in the background, and be great and strong in and through thy subject.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)
The common prejudice against philosophy is the result of the incapacity of the multitude to deal with the highest problems.
Aphorisms and Reflections (1901)