Tuesday, 10 December 2019

Life's Little Lessons

Our lives might not have come with a manual, an instruction booklet to teach us what to do, or how to live our life. But if we are willing to listen to our elders, to learn from the sages and wise men before us, we will be able to get a pretty good start on life, avoiding all the portholes that are dotted along life’s journey.

The following words of wisdom are short and easy to remember. Do take a few moments to have a look. Maybe there is something that is useful to you.

We work so consistently to disguise ourselves to others that we end by being disguised to ourselves. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

A gentle word, a kind look, a good-natured smile can work wonders and accomplish miracles. - William Hazlitt

There is always something to upset the most careful of human calculations. - Ihara Saikaku

If something seems far too big for you to cope with, maybe it is because you are meant to share the load with someone else. - Unknown

What I said never changed anyone. What they understood did. - Unknown

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea. - Walter Bagehot

Before we set our hearts too much on anything, let us examine how happy are those who already possess it. - Duc de La Rochefoucauld

He that has energy enough to root out a vice should go further, and try to plant a virtue in its place. - Charles Colton

Even though you know a thousand things, ask the man who knows one. - Unknown

It is amazing how complete is the delusion that beauty is goodness. - Leo Tolstoy

There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. - Clarence Day

A gentleman would be ashamed should his deeds not match his words. - Confucius

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