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Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as read more
Never forget that life can only be nobly inspired and rightly lived if you take it bravely and gallantly, as a splendid adventure in which you are setting out into an unknown country, to meet many a joy, to find many a comrade, to win and lose many a battle.
If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't read more
If you can keep your head about you when all about you are losing theirs, its just possible you haven't grasped the situation.
Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to read more
Perhaps the most valuable result of al education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you have to do, when it ought to be done, whether you like it or not.
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop read more
We should be careful to get out of an experience only the wisdom that is in it - and stop there; lest we be like the cat that sits down on a hot stove lid. She will never sit on a hot stove lid again - and that is well; but also she will never sit down on a cold one anymore. -Mark Twain.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
Thought is the labour of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
Thought is the labour of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure.
Trust, but verify.
Trust, but verify.
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to read more
Man is not logical and his intellectual history is a record of mental reserves and compromises. He hangs on to what he can in his old beliefs even when he is compelled to surrender their logical basis.
I quote others in order to better express myself.
I quote others in order to better express myself.
