"He alone has lost the art to live who cannot win new friends."

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Source : Silas Weir Mitchell (1896). “The Collected Poems of S. Weir Mitchell”

Silas Weir Mitchell

#Art Quotes #Winning Quotes #New Friends Quotes

“Do not trouble yourself for your brethren, for we have already provided lands for them, which they shall possess forever.”
“I've stayed in houses that were in the country, and in England, but I'm still not sure that I've stayed in an English country house.”
“I don't believe in trouble. Because I think that trouble is sometimes good, sometimes bad. I've been known to be called trouble, which I think is quite a compliment. But I suppose, thinking about it, that my best and worst trouble has always had something to do with a man.”
“The Lord's our shepherd, says the psalm. But just in case, we better get a bomb.”
“I still do find it very difficult in the West to connect to this politeness of smiling, not saying how you're thinking or not saying how you really feel.”
“In chess the most unbelievable thing for me is that it's a game for everybody: rich, poor, girl, boy, old, young. It's a fantastic game which can unite people and generations! It's a language which you'll find people "speak" in every country. If you reach a certain level you find a very rich world! Art, sport, logic, psychology, a battlefield, imagination, creativity not only in practical games but don't forget either how amazing a feeling it is to compose a study, for example (unfortunately that's not appreciated these days but it's a fantastic part of chess!).”
“Diapers do not belong on the same table as food.”
“One thing I hate is people screaming at me. If you want me to do something, talk to me. When someone screams at me to hurry up, I slow down.”

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