Great Throughts Treasury

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François de La Rochefoucauld, François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac, Francois A. F. Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.

Good | Wit |

Douglas Adams, fully Douglas Noel Adams

This question seemed to provoke a murmur of sympathetic approval from up and down the table.

People |

Douglas Adams, fully Douglas Noel Adams

WFT-II was the only British software company that could be mentioned in the same sentence as such major U.S. companies as Microsoft or Lotus. The sentence would probably run along the lines of "WFT-II, unlike such major U.S. companies as Microsoft or Lotus ..." but it was a start.

Care | Old |

François de La Rochefoucauld, François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac, Francois A. F. Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

Those whom the world has delighted to honor have oftener been influenced in their doings by ambition and vanity than by patriotism.

François de La Rochefoucauld, François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac, Francois A. F. Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

What we call generosity is for the most part only the vanity of giving; and we exercise it because we are more fond of that vanity than of the thing we give.

Generosity | Order |

William Shakespeare

O flesh, flesh, how art thou fishified.

Hell |

François de La Rochefoucauld, François VI, Duc de La Rochefoucauld, Prince de Marcillac, Francois A. F. Rochefoucauld-Liancourt

What seems to be generosity is often no more than disguised ambition, which overlooks a small interest in order to secure a great one.

Generosity |

William Shakespeare

O, then, what graces in my love do dwell That he hath turned a heaven unto a hell!

Dreams | Good | Little | Mind | Misfortune | Prayer | Time | Misfortune | Old |

William Shakespeare

Poor wisdom often becomes a slave to the rich nonsense.

Fury | Old |

William Shakespeare

Pleasure will be paid, one time or another.

Revenge |

Prince Shōtoku, born Shotoku Taishi, aka Prince Umayado or Prince Kamitsumiya

Do not be envious! For if we envy others, then they in turn will envy us. The evils of envy know no limit. If others surpass us in intelligence, we are not pleased; if they are more able, we are envious. But if we do not find wise men and sages, how shall the realm be governed?

Important | Right | Suspicion |

Edwin Hubbell Chapin

A patient, humble temper gathers blessings that are marred by the peevish, and overlooked by the aspiring.

Men | Right |

Kautilya, aka Chanakya or Vishnu Gupta NULL

The wise man should restrain his senses like the crane and accomplish his purpose with due knowledge of his place, time and ability.

Hakuin, fully Hakuin Akaku NULL

Not knowing how near the truth is, we seek it far away.

Body | Cause | Earth | Knowing | Man | Nature | Oneness | People | Truth |

Murasaki Shikibu, aka Lady Murasaki

Autumn is no time to lie alone.

Good | Little | Man | Will |

Egyptian Proverbs

He was hoisted by his own petard — fell into his own trap, was harmed by his own plan to harm someone else.

Elif Safak

One thing that has helped me personally in the past was to stop interfering with the people around me and getting frustrated when I couldn’t change them. Instead of intrusion and passivity, may I suggest submission? Some people make the mistake of confusing submission with weakness, whereas it is anything but. Submission is a form of peaceful acceptance of the terms of the universe, including the things we are currently unable to change or comprehend.

Balance | Conscience | Ends | Journey | Right | Style | Woman |

Elif Safak

Another base unit and being alone are two different things, when be lonely It's easy to fool yourself and think you you are going on the right path but being alone is better for us because it means you will be alone without feeling you are single , but in the end, it is best that you are looking for one person serve as a mirror for you to remember that you cannot really see yourself, but at the heart of another person and the existence of God P inside.

Creativity | Men | Mother | Parents | Passion |