The good things

The good things
The good things of life are not to be had singly, but come to us with a mixture; like a school boy's holiday, with a task affixed to the tail of it.
  

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There isno squabbling so violent as that between people who accepted an ideayesterday and those who will accept the same idea tomorrow.
Kind words do not cost much. Yet they accomplish much.
Evil alone has oil for every wheel
The poet gives us his essence, but prose takes the mould of the body and mind entire.
Peoplewho are only good with hammers see every problem as a nail.
Learning, the destroyer of arrogance, begets arrogance in fools, even as light that illumines the eye, makes owls blind.
Books without the knowledge of life are useless.
Change meansmovement. Movement means friction. Only in the frictionless vacuum of anonexistent abstract world can movement or change occur without that abrasivefriction of conflict.
Analysis kills spontaneity.The grain once ground to floor,springs and germinates no more.
The Truly free man is one who know how to decline an invitation without giving an excuse.
Somepeople reach the top of the ladder only to find it is leaning against thewrong wall.
Adversity attracts the man of character. He seeks out the better joy, responsibility.