“Even wisdom has to yield to self-interest.”
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Not every truth is the better for showing its face undisguised and often silence is the wisest thing for a man to heed.
Men are the dreams of a shadow.
Every gift which is given, even though is be small, is in reality great, if it is given with affection.
What could be more lonely than to be enveloped in silence, to be the last of your people to speak your native tongue, to have no way to pass on the wisdom of the elders, to anticipate the promise of the children. This tragic fate is indeed the plight of someone somewhere roughly every two weeks.
