Relevant Quotes: Smart Folk

Men’s maxims reveal their characters. ,[object Object]

Common sense is not so common. ,[object Object]

One original thought is worth a thousand mindless quotings. ,[object Object]

I may have said the same thing before... but my explanation, I am sure, will always be different. ,[object Object]

Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak. ,[object Object]

How we spend our days is, of course, how we spend our lives. ,[object Object]

The greatest obstacle to discovery is not ignorance—it is the illusion of knowledge. ,[object Object]

Blessed is the man who, having nothing to stay, abstains from giving us worthy evidence of the fact. ,[object Object]

If you look for the good in people expecting to find it, you surely will. ,[object Object]

He who builds to every man’s advice will have a crooked house. ,[object Object]

The only thing to do with good advice is pass it on. It is never any use to oneself. ,[object Object]

Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought. ,[object Object]

A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. ,[object Object]

Never answer a letter when you’re angry. ,[object Object]

There is nothing more difficult to take in hand, more perilous to conduct, or more uncertain in its success, than to take the lead in the introduction of a new order of things. ,[object Object],[object Object]

People don’t ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts. ,[object Object]

Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must be first overcome. ,[object Object]

People seem not to see that their opinion of the world is also a confession of character. ,[object Object],[object Object]

To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe. ,[object Object]

It’s not what you don’t know that hurts you. It’s what you know that ain’t so. ,[object Object]

Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be. ,[object Object]

Everything has been thought of before, but the problem is to think of it again. ,[object Object]

“We’ve been looking for the enemy for some time now. We’ve finally found him. We’re surrounded. That simplifies things.” ,[object Object]

Great spirits have always encountered violent opposition from mediocre minds. ,[object Object]

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. ,[object Object]

There is nothing more frightening than ignorance in action. ,[object Object]

Get your facts first, and then you can distort them as much as you please. ,[object Object]

Try not to become a man of success, but rather try to become a man of value. ,[object Object]

I would rather be the man who bought the Brooklyn Bridge than the man who sold it. ,[object Object]

Success is dependent on effort. ,[object Object]

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