We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.
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Zum Autor"To accuse others for one's own misfortunes is a sign of want of education. To accuse oneself shows that one's education has begun. To accuse neither oneself nor others shows that one's education is complete."
"If anyone tells you that a certain person speaks ill of you, do not make excuses about what is said of you but answer, 'He was ignorant of my other faults, else he would not have mentioned these alone."
"No man is free who is not master of himself."
"Be careful to leave your sons well instructed rather than rich, for the hopes of the instructed are better than the wealth of the ignorant."
"If you would be a reader read if a writer write."
"All philosophy in two words - sustain and abstain."