Quotes
- "A woman's mind is cleaner than a man's: she changes it more often."
- "If you want to sacrifice the admiration of many men for the criticism of one; go ahead, get married."
- "Many are called but few get up."
- "Only the young die good."
- "Tact: to lie about others as you would have them lie about you."
- "What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an egg into an electric fan."
- "The Irish gave the bagpipes to the Scots as a joke, but the Scots haven't seen the joke yet."
- "A man is known by the silence he keeps."
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“I quote another man’s saying; unluckily, that other withdraws himself in the same way, and quotes me.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)
“Young people of high school age can actually feel themselves changing. Progress is almost tangible. It’s exciting. It stimulates more progress. Nevertheless, growth is not constant and smooth. Erik Erikson quotes an aphorism to describe the formless forming of it. “I ain’t what I ought to be. I ain’t what I’m going to be, but I’m not what I was.””
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“Man is timid and apologetic; he is no longer upright; he dares not say “I think,” “I am,” but quotes some saint or sage.”
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