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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't read more
Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not read more
No idea is so antiquated that it was not once modern. No idea is so modern that it will not some day be antiquated...to seize the flying thought before it escapes us is our only touch with reality.
Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?
Who is more foolish, the child afraid of the dark, or the man afraid of the light?
Success... it's what you do with what you've got.
Success... it's what you do with what you've got.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.
If you can't excell with talent, triumph with effort.
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
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Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.
Character is not made in a crisis -- it is only exhibited.
What was once thought can never be unthought.
What was once thought can never be unthought.
