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To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.
To be sure of hitting the target, shoot first, and whatever you hit call it the target.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation. What is called resignation is confirmed desperation.
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we read more
The true test of character is not how much we know how to do, but how we behave when we don't know what to do.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
When all men think alike, no one thinks very much.
There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.
There is such a thing as moderation, even in telling the truth.
No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.
No rest is worth anything except the rest that is earned.
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo read more
What is life? It is the flash of a firefly in the night. It is the breath of a buffalo in the wintertime. It is the little shadow which runs across the grass and loses itself in the sunset.
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive read more
Man is so muddled, so dependent on the things immediately before his eyes, that every day even the most submissive believer can be seen to risk the torments of the afterlife for the smallest pleasure.
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.
There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.