Zitat des Tages über Surer:
There is perhaps no surer mark of folly, than to attempt to correct natural infirmities of those we love.
Why is it better to love than to be loved? It is surer.
There is no surer mark of the absence of the highest moral and intellectual qualities than a cold reception of excellence.
Grandma cheated whenever she could. She cheated because it was a much more scientific and surer way of winning than trusting to luck.
A humble knowledge of thyself is a surer way to God than a deep search after learning.
Structure that really pays off is all based on emotion. I don't write down an elaborate plan. It's really done by feel. It's one area of my writing that I think I've got surer at as I've evolved.
It's a surer way to a woman's heart to be interested in what she's thinking than what she's wearing or not wearing.
What a person praises is perhaps a surer standard, even than what he condemns, of his own character, information and abilities.
A time will come when a politician who has willfully made war and promoted international dissension will be as sure of the dock and much surer of the noose than a private homicide. It is not reasonable that those who gamble with men's lives should not stake their own.
There is no surer token of a little mind than to imagine that anything in the way of physical labor is dishonoring.
There are few surer ways to become disliked by men than to perform well where they have performed poorly.
There is no surer sign of decay in a country than to see the rites of religion held in contempt.
Let a man be but in earnest in praying against a temptation as the tempter is in pressing it, and he needs not proceed by a surer measure.
As a rule, there is no surer way to the dislike of men than to behave well where they have behaved badly.
