Quote by William James
The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is noninterfer

The first thing to learn in intercourse with others is noninterference with their own peculiar ways of being happy, provided those ways do not assume to interfere by violence with ours. – William James

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Pure experience is the name I gave to the immediate flux of life which furnishes the material to our later reflection with its conceptual categories. – William James

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A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely rearranging their prejudices. – William James

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Most men are more capable of great actions than of good ones. – Montesquieu, Variètès

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Most of the trouble in the world is caused by people wanting to be important. – T.S. Eliot

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Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. – Richard Whately

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By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail. – Benjamin Franklin (Thank you, Kyle.)

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Neither a man nor a crowd nor a nation can be trusted to act humanely or to think sanely under the influence of a great fear. – Bertrand Russell

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Trust everybody, but cut the cards. – Finley Peter Dunne

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