Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method.... Writers are really people... who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Truth of a modest sort I can promise you, and also sincerity. That complete, praiseworthy sincerity which, while it delivers one i...nto the hands of one's enemies, is as likely as not to embroil one with one's friends.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The foundation of humility is truth. The humble man sees himself as he is. If his depreciation of himself were untrue,... it would... not be praiseworthy, and would be a form of hypocrisy, which is one of the evils of Pride. The man who is falsely humble, we know from our own experience, is one who is falsely proud.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
The myth of self-sufficiency blinds us to the workings of other forces in family life. For families are not now, nor were they eve...r, the self-sufficient building blocks of society, exclusively responsible, praiseworthy, and blamable for their own destiny. They are deeply influenced by broad social and economic forces over which they have little control.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Perseverance is neither praiseworthy nor blameworthy; for it seems to be only the enduring of certain inclinations and opinions wh...ich men neither give themselves nor take away from themselves.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Many people when they fall in love look for a little haven of refuge from the world, where they can be sure of being admired when ...they are not admirable, and praised when they are not praiseworthy.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »
Marital intercourse is certainly holy, lawful and praiseworthy in itself and profitable to society, yet in certain circumstances i...t can prove dangerous, as when through excess the soul is made sick with venial sin, or through the violation and perversion of its primary end, killed by mortal sin; such perversion, detestable in proportion to its departure from the true order, being always mortal sin, for it is never lawful to exclude the primary end of marriage which is the procreation of children.LESSATTRIBUTION DETAIL »