By deafness one gains in one respect more than one loses; one misses more nonsense than sense.
Copy Quote View & ShareNine-tenths of the people were created so you would want to be with the other tenth.
Copy Quote View & ShareImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Copy Quote View & ShareThe whole secret of life is to be interested in one thing profoundly and in a thousand things well.
Copy Quote View & SharePlot, rules, nor even poetry, are not half so great beauties in tragedy or comedy as a just imitation of nature, of character, of the passions and their operations in diversified situations.
Copy Quote View & ShareImagination was given to man to compensate him for what he isn't. A sense of humor was provided to console him for what he is.
Copy Quote View & SharePoetry is a beautiful way of spoiling prose, and the laborious art of exchanging plain sense for harmony.
Copy Quote View & ShareIn all science, error precedes the truth, and it is better it should go first than last.
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