We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen. Jesus.
We still are fain, with wrath and strife, / To seek for gain, to shrink from loss, / Content to scratch our shallow cross / On the rough surface of old life. Dr. W. Smith.
We swallow at one gulp a lie which flatters us, but only drop by drop a truth which is bitter to us. Diderot.
We take a great deal for granted in this world, 15 and expect that everything, as a matter of course, ought to fit into our humours, wishes, and wants; it is often only when danger threatens that we awake to the discovery that the guiding reins are held by one whom we had well-nigh forgotten in our careless ease. Mrs. Gatty.
We take a pleasure in being severe upon others, but cannot endure to hear of our own faults. Thomas à Kempis.
We take greater pains to persuade others that we are happy than in endeavouring to think so ourselves. Confucius.
We take no note of time but from its loss. Young.
We talk little if we do not talk about ourselves. Hazlitt.
We talk on principle, but we act on interest. 20 Landor.
We tell our triumphs to the crowd, but our own hearts are the sole confidants of our sorrows. Bulwer Lytton.