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  • We each appear to hold within ourselves a range of divergent views as to our native qualities.. And amid such uncertainty, we typically turn to the wider world to settle the question of our significance.. we seem beholden to affections of others to endure ourselves.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Alain de Botton Quotes , Views Quotes , Quality Quotes
  • But there's this one difference: one is gold put to the use of paving-stones, and the other is tin polished to ape a service of silver. Mine has nothing valuable about it; yet I shall have the merit of making it go as far as such poor stuff can go. His had first-rate qualities, and they are lost, rendered worst than unavailing.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Emily Bronte Quotes , Differences Quotes , Quality Quotes
  • We think that we are generous because we credit our neighbor with those virtues that are likely to benefit ourselves. We praise the banker that we may overdraw our account, and find good qualities in the highwayman in the hope that he may spare our pockets.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Oscar Wilde Quotes , Thinking Quotes , Quality Quotes