Being entirely honest with ...

Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.
Being entirely honest with oneself is a good exercise.

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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.

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What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
The most complicated achievements of thought are possible without the assistance of consciousness.
From error to error one discovers the entire truth.
It is impossible to escape the impression that people commonly use false standards of measurement — that they seek power, success and wealth for themselves and admire them in others, and that they underestimate what is of true value in life.
A man's heterosexuality will not put up with any homosexuality, and vice versa.