playwright, writer, politician, novelist, poet, literary critic, science fiction writer, prose writer
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One of the surest evidences of friendship that one individual can display to another is telling him gently of a fault. If any other can excel it, it is listening to such a disclosure with gratitude, and amending the error.
Chance happens to all, but to turn chance to account is the gift of few.
Dream manfully and nobly, and thy dreams shall be prophets.
Anger ventilated often hurries towards forgiveness; anger concealed often hardens into revenge.
A good heart is better than all the heads in the world.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
Art and science have their meeting point in method.
In life, as in art, the beautiful moves in curves.
It is not by the gray of the hair that one knows the age of the heart.
There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.
If you wish to be loved, show more of your faults than your virtues.