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“All confidence placed in another is dangerous if it is not perfect, for on almost all occasions we ought to tell everything or to conceal everything. We have already told too much of our secret, if one single circumstance is to be kept back.”

Ifs Perfect Secret Too Much Dangerous Ought Circumstances Occasions Not Perfect All Occasions

Author:Jean de la Bruyere

“Very great personages are not likely to form very just estimates either of others or of themselves; their knowledge of themselves is obscured by the flattery of others; their knowledge of others is equally clouded by circumstances peculiar to themselves. For in the presence of the great, the modest are sure to suffer from too much diffidence, and the confident from too much display.”

Character Form Suffering Too Much Circumstances Peculiar Display Modest Flattery Clouded Great Person Diffidence

Book:Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

Source: Remarks on the Talents of Lord Byron and the Tendencies of Don Juan

“Remorse of conscience is like an old wound; a man is in no condition to fight under such circumstances. The pain abates his vigor and takes up too much of his attention.”

Men Pain Fighting Attention Too Much Conditions Circumstances Conscience Wounds Remorse Vigor Old Wounds

Book:Pearls of Great Price: or, Maxims, reflections, characters and thoughts, on miscellaneous subjects ... Selected from the works of the Rev. Jeremy Collier by the editor of

Source: Pearls of Great Price: or, Maxims, reflections, characters and thoughts, on miscellaneous subjects ... Selected from the works of the Rev. Jeremy Collier by the editor of

“We don't always get everything. And sometimes we worry too much about our circumstances. We think oh I'll be happy when I get my job back, or I'll be happy when I get a man back, but it's really about allowing God to give us joy now.”

Thinking Men Giving Sometimes Jobs Joy Worry Too Much Circumstances Allowing

Author:Bonnie St. John

“Go in all simplicity; do not be anxious to win a quiet mind, and it will be all the quieter. Do not examine so closely into the progress of your soul. Do not crave too much to be perfect, but let your spiritual life beformed by your duties, and by the actions which are called forth by circumstances.”

Mind Soul Action Spiritual Winning Perfect Too Much Progress Duty Circumstances Quiet Simplicity Your Soul Anxious Spiritual Life Crave

Author:Saint Francis de Sales

“To ask for overt renunciation of a cherished doctrine is to expect too much of human nature. Men do not repudiate the doctrines and dogmas to which they have sworn their loyalty. Instead they rationalize, revise, and re-interpret them to meet new needs and new circumstances, all the while protesting that their heresy is the purest orthodoxy.”

Men Needs Humans Asks Too Much Human Nature Circumstances Loyalty Doctrine Dogma Heresy Orthodoxy Renunciation Rationalize

Author:J. William Fulbright

“It's continuously humbling to work hard, you know? As long as you've got a good work ethic and a sense of humor, I don't think anybody can become too much of an egoist under those circumstances.”

Thinking Knows Long Hard Too Much Hard Work Circumstances Ethics Sense Of Humor Good Work Work Ethic Humbling Good Work Ethic

Author:Rachael Ray

“Circumstances do not push or pull. They are daily lessons to be studied and gleaned for new knowledge and wisdom. Knowledge and wisdom that is applied will bring about a brighter tomorrow. A person who is depressed is spending too much time thinking about the way things are now and not enough time thinking about how he wants things to be.”

Thinking Way Want Life Persons Enough Too Much Tomorrow Circumstances Lessons Spending Brighter Enough Time Knowledge And Wisdom New Knowledge Not Enough Time Brighter Tomorrow

Book:The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success

Source: The Traveler's Gift: Seven Decisions that Determine Personal Success

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