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Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
A life of ease is a difficult pursuit.
If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.
If you don't fail now and again, it's a sign you're playing it safe.
When you seek it, you cannot find it.
When you seek it, you cannot find it.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
The ultimate authority must always rest with the individual's own reason and critical analysis.
Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks
his neck out.
Behold the turtle: He only makes progress when he sticks
his neck out.
Love is a friendship set to music.
Love is a friendship set to music.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
All commend patience, but none can endure to suffer. - Gnomologia, 1732.
The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of
comfort.
The superior man thinks only of virtue; the common man thinks only of
comfort.
