"The sight of a drunkard is a better sermon against that vice than the best that was ever preached on that subject."

Behavior, Sight, Vice

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"If you behave in a manner that poisons your relationship, don't be surprised when it dies."

Steve Maraboli, American Author

Behavior, Relationships, Poison, Consequences

"To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely."

Willard Gaylin, American Scientist

Behavior, Man, Unconscious

"There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat."

Paulo Coelho, Brazilian Novelist

Behavior, Action, Threat, Idiots, Courage

"Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a sword and a practice dummy and leave him alone, eventually the man would pick up the sword and try to stab the dummy. It is human nature."

Ilona Andrews, American Writer

Behavior, Violence, Instinct, Power

"There are two good reasons to put your napkin in your lap. One is that food might spill in your lap, and it is better to stain the napkin than your clothing. The other is that it can serve as a perfect hiding place. Practically nobody is nosey enough to take the napkin off a lap to see what is hidden there."

Lemony Snicket, American Author

Behavior, Food, Privacy, Manners

"Vanity dies hard, in some obstinate cases it outlives the man."

Robert Louis Stevenson, Scottish Writer

Behavior, Vanity, Death, Humanity, Truth

"Marianne had now been brought by degrees, so much into the habit of going out every day, that it was become a matter of indifference to her, whether she went or not: and she prepared quietly and mechanically for every evening's engagement, though without expecting the smallest amusement from any, and very often without knowing, till the last moment, where it was to take her."

Jane Austen, British Writer

Behavior, Habit, Indifference, Routine, Engagement

"A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones."

Arthur Conan Doyle, British Writer

Behavior, Reflection, Family, Emotion

"Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually."

Rick Riordan, American Novelist

Behavior, Humor, Truth, Life, Happiness

"Don't plead with anyone if you were not at fault, you'll only look inferior, stupid and funny, bolster your ego by doing the undoing."

Michael Bassey Johnson, Nigerian Philosopher

Behavior, Pride, Ego, Respect, Conflict

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"Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught."

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"Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding."

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"Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen."

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"Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view."

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"Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way."

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"If you behave in a manner that poisons your relationship, don't be surprised when it dies."

"To probe for unconscious determinants of behavior and then define a man in their terms exclusively, ignoring his overt behavior altogether, is a greater distortion than ignoring the unconscious completely."

"There are two kinds of idiots - those who don't take action because they have received a threat, and those who think they are taking action because they have issued a threat."

"Men and swords. My father said that if you put any able-bodied man, no matter how peaceful, into a room with a sword and a practice dummy and leave him alone, eventually the man would pick up the sword and try to stab the dummy. It is human nature."

"Vanity dies hard, in some obstinate cases it outlives the man."

"A dog reflects the family life. Whoever saw a frisky dog in a gloomy family, or a sad dog in a happy one? Snarling people have snarling dogs, dangerous people have dangerous ones."

"Flirting with random women in a tavern? That sounds like Helios. Well, it sounds like most of the gods, actually."

"Don't plead with anyone if you were not at fault, you'll only look inferior, stupid and funny, bolster your ego by doing the undoing."

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"If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers."

"Education is what remains when we have forgotten all that we have been taught."

"Many men swallow the being cheated, but no man can ever endure to chew it."

"A man man may dwell so long upon a thought that it may take him prisoner."

"Nothing has an uglier look to us than reason, when it is not on our side."

"The best Qualification of a Prophet is to have a good Memory."

"Most men make little use of their speech than to give evidence against their own understanding."

"Men are not hanged for stealing horses, but that horses may not be stolen."

"Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view."

"Hope is generally a wrong guide, though it is good company along the way."