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We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.
We are all mortal until the first kiss and the second glass of wine.
It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.
It costs to be stupid. The stupider you are, the more it costs.
A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
A nation which makes the final sacrifice for life and freedom does not get beaten.
The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish read more
The suspicious believe everybody to be suspicious; the liar feels secure in the thought that he is not so foolish as to believe that there is such a phenomenon as a strictly truthful person; the envious see envy in every soul; the miser thinks everybody is eager to get his money;...and the abandoned sensualist looks upon the saint as a hypocrite
The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find read more
The man who will follow precedent, but never create one, is merely an obvious example of the routineer. You find him desperately numerous in the civil service, in the official bureaus. To him government is something given as unconditionally, as absolutely as ocean or hill. He goes on winding the tape that he finds. His imagination has rarely extricated itself from under the administrative machine to gain any sense of what a human, temporary contraption the whole affair is. What he thinks is the heavens above him is nothing but the roof.
Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.
Assumptions allow the best in life to pass you by.
I gave my life for freedom --this I know: For those who bade me fight had told me so.
I gave my life for freedom --this I know: For those who bade me fight had told me so.
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
In the fields of observation chance favors only the prepared mind.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
