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He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one
who has lighted another's read more
He who civilly shows the way to one who has missed it, is as one
who has lighted another's lamp from his own lamp; it none the
less gives light to himself when it burns for the other.
[Lat., Homo qui erranti comiter monstrat viam,
Quasi lumen de suo lumine accendit, facit:
Nihilominus ipsi luceat, cum illi accenderit.]
A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
And he that read more
A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
And he that stands upon a slippery place
Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up.
I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be
when he thought of read more
I want to help you to grow as beautiful as God meant you to be
when he thought of you first.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Persistence is to the character of man as carbon is to steel.
Attempt the end and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out.
Attempt the end and never stand to doubt;
Nothing's so hard, but search will find it out.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
Energy and persistence conquer all things.
We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.
We shall escape the uphill by never turning back.
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.
Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be first.
No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.
No rock so hard but that a little wave may beat admission in a thousand years.
