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The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.
The highest virtue found in the tropics is chastity, and in the colder regions, temperance.
Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.
Civilizations die from suicide, not by murder.
It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too read more
It is better to be boldly decisive and risk being wrong than to agonize at length and be right too late.
No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the world
a portion of its lost heart.
No man should be shamefaced through his work, to give back to the world
a portion of its lost heart.
Money will come to you when you are doing the right thing.
Money will come to you when you are doing the right thing.
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
A man may well be condemned, not for doing something, but for doing nothing.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
The doors we open and close each day decide the lives we live.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.
Children today are tyrants. They contradict their parents, gobble their
food, and tyrannize their teachers.