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The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?.
The days are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?.
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and read more
I am not judged by the number of times I fail, but by the number of times I succeed; and the number of times I succeed is in direct proportion to the number of times I can fail and keep on trying.
SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense.
SIN: Self-Inflicted Nonsense.
What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and read more
What's the use of worrying? It never was worth while, so pack up your troubles in your old kit-bag, and smile, smile, smile.
If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.
If you wish to strengthen a lie, mix a little truth in with it.
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
We often pretend to fear what we really despise, and more often despise what we really fear.
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
Affliction, like the iron-smith, shapes as it smites.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
The easiest way to be cheated is to believe yourself to be more cunning than others.
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and read more
A man who is eating or lying with his wife or preparing to go to sleep in humility, thankfulness and temperance, is, by Christian standards, in an infinitely higher state than one who is listening to Bach or reading Plato in a state of pride.