#seldom

Before a man speaks it is always safe to assume that he is a fool. After he speaks, it is seldom necessary to assume it. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

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We probably wouldn't worry about what people think of us if we could know how seldom they do. ↗

— Olin Miller

#could #how #know #people #probably

You probably wouldn't worry about what people think of you if you could know how seldom they do. ↗

— Olin Miller

#could #how #know #people #probably

What is the use of good painting? We want a spell cast upon the optical part of our existence! We seldom really see the world, but when we do, we become as still as a picture. ↗

— Robert Musil

#cast #existence #good #optical #our

Seldom ever was any knowledge given to keep, but to impart; the grace of this rich jewel is lost in concealment. ↗

— Wendell Phillips

#concealment #ever #given #grace #impart

A building has integrity just like a man. And just as seldom. ↗

— Ayn Rand

#building #integrity #just #like #man

How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves. ↗

— Thomas a Kempis

#how #neighbor #our #ourselves #same

The world is seldom what it seems; to man, who dimly sees, realities appear as dreams, and dreams realities. ↗

— Samuel Johnson

#dimly #dreams #man #realities #seems

I seldom think about my limitations, and they never make me sad. Perhaps there is just a touch of yearning at times; but it is vague, like a breeze among flowers. ↗

— Helen Keller

#among #breeze #flowers #i #just

He who is a slave to his stomach seldom worships God. ↗

— Saadi

#his #seldom #slave #stomach #who