Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
“Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”
— George Herbert · Truth
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Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.
“Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”
— George Herbert · Truth
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“Be calm in arguing; for fierceness makes error a fault, and truth discourtesy.”
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“Take all that is given whether wealth, love or language, nothing comes by mistake and with good digestion all can be turned to health.”
“A gentle heart is tied with an easy thread.”
“He that is not handsome at 20, nor strong at 30, nor rich at 40, nor wise at 50, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise.”
“Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.”
“It is the tragedy of a distinguished mind and a generous nature that have gone unappreciated in a conventional, unimaginative world. A victim of men's incomprehension of women, a symptom of women's mistrust of men.”
“Truth, she thought. As terrible as death. But harder to find.”
“Truth is on the side of the oppressed.”
“The words of truth are always paradoxical.”
“Profit should never come at the cost of human blood. Any government that places profit before people is pure evil.”
“We're not going to have the America that we want until we elect leaders who are going to tell the truth - not most days, but every day.”