It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation.
Of all the preposterous assumptions of humanity over humanity, nothing exceeds most of the criticisms made on the habits of the poor by the well-housed, well-warmed, and well-fed.
We cannot live only for ourselves. A thousand fibers connect us with our fellow men; and along these fibers, as sympathetic threads, our actions run as causes, and they come back as effects.
What plays the mischief with the truth is that men will insist upon the universal application of a temporary feeling or opinion. |
