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Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.
Good actions ennoble us, and we are the sons of our own deeds.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
Zeus hates busybodies and those who do too much.
I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes
I shall make the most of all that comes: And the least of all that goes
Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as read more
Only as high as I reach can I grow, only as far as I seek can I go, only as deep as I look can I see, only as much as I dream can I be.
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great read more
Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
It is by acts and not by ideas that people live.
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they
cannot find it.
Human beings must have action; and they will make it if they
cannot find it.
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for read more
Therefore all things whatsoever ye would that men should do to
you, do ye even so to them: for this is the law and the prophets.
What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
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What one has, one ought to use; and whatever he does he should do
with all his might.
[Lat., Quod est, eo decet uti: et quicquid agas, agere pro
viribus.]