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focus genius attention
The power of applying attention, steady and undissipated, to a single object, is the sure mark of superior genius.
college thinking doctors
I do not think that a Physician should be admitted into the College till he could bring proofs of his having cured, in his own person, at least four incurable distempers.
men thinking silence
Silence and reserve suggest latent power. What some men think has more effect than what others say.
inspirational children best-of-the-best
Always make the best of the best, and never make bad worse.
strong anger indifference
Whoever incites anger has a strong insurance against indifference.
tests ridicule
Ridicule is the best test of truth.
would-be done method
Do as you would be done by, is the surest method of pleasing.
laughter mind ill
In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.
doe procrastinating can-do
It is an undoubted truth, that the less one has to do, the less time one finds to do it in. One yawns, one procrastinates, one can do it when one will, and therefore one seldom does it at all.
people bears civility
People will no more advance their civility to a bear, than their money to a bankrupt.
errors honest
Honest error is to be pitied not ridiculed.
lying mean vanity
I really know nothing more criminal, more mean, and more ridiculous than lying. It is the production either of malice, cowardice, or vanity; and generally misses of its aim in every one of these views; for lies are always detected, sooner or later.
mind half purpose
Whatever you do, do it to the purpose; do it thoroughly, not superficially. Go to the bottom of things. Any thing half done, or half known, is in my mind, neither done nor known at all. Nay, worse, for it often misleads.
pleasure
Choose your pleasures for yourself, and do not let them be imposed upon you.