Virtues
The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.4.2 · 23 votes · 61 reads
Thought and Reason
The idealist is incorrigible: if he is thrown out of his heaven he makes an ideal of his hell.4.8 · 11 votes · 28 reads
Feelings
The lonely one offers his hand too quickly to whomever he encounters.3.2 · 9 votes · 154 reads
Art and Culture
The man loves danger and sport. That is why he loves woman, the most dangerous of all sports.3.7 · 20 votes · 66 reads
Thought and Reason
The more abstract the truth you want to teach, the more thoroughly you must seduce the senses to accept it.4.5 · 41 votes · 62 reads
Thought and Reason
The most common lie is that which one lies to himself; lying to others is relatively an exception.3.8 · 14 votes · 118 reads
Science and Technology
The press, the machine, the railway, the telegraph are premises whose thousand-year conclusion no one has yet dared to draw.3.6 · 50 votes · 85 reads
Various
To do great things is difficult, but to command great things is more difficult.3.4 · 57 votes · 96 reads
Society
Where does one not find that bland degeneration which beer produces in the spirit!3.7 · 36 votes · 45 reads
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