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The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
The best prophet is common sense, our native wit.
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and inferior intellects.
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You read more
What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning -- and some of them many times over -- what do you find? That you can swim? Well -- life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be read more
Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
The fool who persists in his folly will become wise.
All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.
All things make sense; you just have to fathom how they make sense.
You are not in business to be popular.
You are not in business to be popular.
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs read more
If a man is proud of his wealth, he should not be praised until it is known how he employs it.
Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.
Many a man owes his success to his first wife and his second wife to his success.