“There is a certain class of people who prefer to say that their fathers came down in the world through their own follies than to boast that they rose in the world through their own industry and talents. It is the same shabby-genteel sentiment, the same vanity of birth which makes men prefer to believe that they are degenerated angels rather than elevated apes.” PeopleMenWorldBelieveCertainFatherClassTalentIndustryBirthAngelRoseVanityFollySentimentsBoastApesAncestryShabby Book:The Martyrdom of Man Source: The Martyrdom of Man
“Let the sexes mutually forgive each other their follies; or, what is much better, let them combine their talents for their general advantage.” SexTalentAdvantageForgivingFolly Book:Works Source: Works
“The talents lost--the moments run To waste--the sins of act, of thought, Ten thousand deeds of folly done, And countless virtues cherish'd not.” DoneMomentsRunningLostSinVirtueTalentThousandTenWasteDeedsFollyCherish Book:Matins and vespers: with hymns and occasional devotional pieces Source: Matins and vespers: with hymns and occasional devotional pieces