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Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters read more
Real excellence and humility are not incompatible one with the other, on the contrary they are twin sisters. - Letters to Young Men.
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, read more
Pleasure is a shadow, wealth is vanity, and power a pageant; but
knowledge is ecstatic in enjoyment, perennial in frame, unlimited in space
and indefinite in duration.
We are hoarding potentials so great that they are just about
unimaginable.
We are hoarding potentials so great that they are just about
unimaginable.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
Fanaticism consists of redoubling your efforts when you have forgotten your aim.
When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
When we have done our best, we should wait the result in peace.
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.
The time to relax is when you don't have time for it.
Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile
world. Same world.
Loving people live in a loving world. Hostile people live in a hostile
world. Same world.
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
It is better to wear out than to rust out.
The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had read more
The latter part of a man's life is taken up in curing the follies,
prejudices, and false opinions he had contracted in the former.
