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People are far more sincere and good-humored at speeding their parting guests than on meeting them. – Anton Chekhov	added by anonymous 13 years ago
I am not sincere, not even when I say I am not. – Jules Renard	added by anonymous 13 years ago
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous; if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength; if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life; if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has. – Confucius, The Confucian Analects	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Nothing in all the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. – Martin Luther King Jr., Strength to Love, 1963	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Virtuous motives, trammeled by inertia and timidity, are no match for armed and resolute wickedness. A sincere love of peace is no excuse for muddling hundreds of millions of humble folk into total war. The cheers of the weak, well-meaning assemblies soon cease to count. Doom marches on. – Sir Winston Churchill, March 1936, demanding British re-armament	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Be sincere; be brief; be seated. – Franklin D. Roosevelt	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Quiet and sincere sympathy is often the most welcome and efficient consolation to the afflicted. Said a wise man to one in deep sorrow, "I did not come to comfort you; God only can do that; but I did come to say how deeply and tenderly I feel for you in your affliction". – Tryon Edwards	added by anonymous 13 years ago
An election is coming. Universal peace is declared and the foxes have sincere interest in prolonging the lives of the poultry. – T. S. Eliot, Quoted in the May, 24 edition of "The Montreal Gazette"	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Is yours an honest lament?...Most are not, you know. Most self-imposed burdens are founded on misperceptions. We - at least we of sincere character - always judge ourselves by stricter standards than we expect others to abide by. It is a curse, I suppose, or a blessing, depending on how one views it... Take it as a blessing, my friend, an inner calling that forces you to strive to unattainable heights. – R. A. Salvatore, Sojourn	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Weak people cannot be sincere. – Le Rochefoucauld	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Unfortunate is he who cannot gain a few sincere friends during his life and more unfortunate is the one who has gained them and then lost them (through his deeds). – Hazrat Ali Ibn-e-Abi Talib, Nahj-ul-Balagha (Sermons and sayings Compilation)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Nothing is less sincere than our mode of asking and giving advice. He who asks seems to have a deference for the opinion of his friend, while he only aims to get approval of his own and make his friend responsible for his action. And he who gives advice repays the confidence supposed to be placed in him by a seemingly disinterested zeal, while he seldom means anything by his advice but his own interest or reputation. – Francois De La Rochefoucauld	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Our repeated failure to fully act as we would wish must not discourage us. It is the sincere intention that is the essential thing, and this will in time release us from the bondage of habits which at present seem almost insuperable. – Thomas Troward	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Quality is never an accident; it is always the result of high intention, sincere effort, intelligent direction and skillful execution; it represents the wise choice of many alternatives. – William A. Foster	added by anonymous 13 years ago
It is dangerous to be sincere unless you are also stupid. – George Bernard Shaw	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Every man alone is sincere. At the entrance of a second person, hypocrisy begins. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
A friend is a person with whom I may be sincere. Before him I may think aloud. – Ralph Waldo Emerson	added by anonymous 14 years ago
If a man withdraws his mind from the love of beauty, and applies it as sincerely to the love of the virtuous if, in serving his parents, he can exert his utmost strength if, in serving his prince, he can devote his life if in his intercourse with his friends, his words are sincere - although men say that he has not learned, I will certainly say that he has. – Confucius	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I am not sincere, even when I say I am not. – Jules Renard	added by anonymous 14 years ago
If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. – Abraham Lincoln	added by anonymous 14 years ago
When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and true maxim that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason, and which, once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing him of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause is really a good one. – Abraham Lincoln	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and consciencious stupidity. – Martin Luther King, Jr.	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Sincere diplomacy is no more possible than dry water or wooden iron. – Josef Stalin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The worst solitude is to be destitute of sincere friendship. – Francis Bacon	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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