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A Gentleman is a man who will pay his gambling debts even when he knows he has been cheated.


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Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself.



Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.

Seize the moments of happiness, love and be loved! That is the only reality in the world, all else is folly.



Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.

Wrong does not cease to be wrong because the majority share in it.



A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.

A man is like a fraction whose numerator is what he is and whose denominator is what he thinks of himself. The larger the denominator, the smaller the fraction.



Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.

Everybody wants to change the world, but nobody thinks about changing himself.



Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.

Once we're thrown off our habitual paths, we think all is lost, but it's only here that the new and the good begins.



An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.

An arrogant person considers himself perfect. This is the chief harm of arrogance. It interferes with a person's main task in life—becoming a better person.



Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.

Real wisdom is not the knowledge of everything, but the knowledge of which things in life are necessary, which are less necessary, and which are completely unnecessary to know.



Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.

Men pray to the Almighty to relieve poverty. But poverty comes not from God's laws-it is blasphemy of the worst kind to say that. Poverty comes from man's injustice to his fellow man.





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