One must weigh men by avoirdupois weight, and not by the jeweller's scales. Goethe.
One need only take a thing properly in hand 20 for it to be done. Goethe.
One need only utter something that flatters indolence and conceit to be sure of plenty of adherents among commonplace people. Goethe.
One never goes farther than when he does not know whither he is going. Goethe.
One never needs his wit so much as when he argues with a fool. Chinese Pr.
One of the best rules in conversation is, never say a thing which any of the company can reasonably wish we had left unsaid. Swift.
One of the chief misfortunes of honest people 25 is that they are cowardly. Voltaire.
One of the most fatal sources of the prevailing misery and crime lies in the generally accepted quiet assumption that because things have long been wrong, it is impossible they should ever be right. Ruskin.
One of the most singular gifts, or, if abused, most singular weaknesses, of the human mind, is its power of persuading itself to see whatever it chooses; a great gift if directed to the discernment of the things needful and pertinent to its own work and being; a great weakness if directed to the discovery of things profitless or discouraging. Ruskin.
One of the noblest qualities in our nature is that we are able so easily to dispense with greater perfection. Vauvenargues.