Henry S. Haskins Quotes

Not a little of our condemnation of the acts of others is spillage from our own condemnation of our own acts.

It is the semi-learned who scorn the ignorant; the learned know too much about them for that.

Sedate ignorance is the last stage of deterioration.

Make a party over your negative thoughts, assuring them that they are the safest, the most cautious, company you have ever kept. At first they will swallow your flattery, but then suddenly, stricken with shame, and knowing themselves for the impostors they are, out and off they will go.

If we exiled our sins, our virtues would get lonely without their old sparring partners.

Imitation can acquire pretty much everything but the power which created the thing imitated.

Discontent follows ambition like a shadow.

We cannot be too earnest, too persistent, too determined, about living superior to the herd instinct.

Good behavior is the last refuge of mediocrity.

It is when we start to discipline our mind that we discover how many undisclosed relationships it already has.

The man who has a dogmatic creed has more time left for his business.

By an unfailing coincidence, the man who wrongs us is a villain, and the man who does us a kindness is a saint.

Normal is the wrong name often used for average.

Expletives serve opinions well which are not sure enough of themselves to risk expression in restrained language.

When you start to indulge yourself, remember it is what they do with invalids and children.