I have not seen a person who loved virtue, or one who hated what was not virtuous. He who loved virtue would esteem nothing above it.
Confucius
Confucius – I have not seen a person who loved virtue
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Jewish Folk Saying – One should not stand at the foot of a sick person’s bed
One should not stand at the foot of a sick person’s bed, because that place is reserved for the guardian angel.
Jewish Folk Saying
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A noble person attracts noble people, and knows how to hold on to them.
Johann von Goethe
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a noble person attracts noble people and knows how to hold on to them johann wolfgang von goetheLa Rochefoucauld – How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us
How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person
La Rochefoucauld
Ralph Waldo Emerson – What would be the use of immortality
What would be the use of immortality to a person who cannot use well a half an hour.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson – A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ralph Waldo Emerson – Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
James Allen – The outer conditions of a person’s life
The outer conditions of a person’s life will always be found to reflect their inner beliefs.
James Allen
Anais Nin – Love
The only abnormality is the incapacity to love.
Anais Nin
Isaac Asimov – From my close observation of writers
From my close observation of writers…they fall into two groups 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those who bleed copiously and secretly at any bad review.
Isaac Asimov