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What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.
What's done we partly may compute,
But know not what's resisted.
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
What you do speaks so loud that I cannot hear what you say.
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
We have to live today by what truth we can get today and be ready tomorrow to call it falsehood.
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is read more
Our lives improve only when we take chances - and the first and most difficult risk we can take is to be honest with ourselves.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
At times truth may not seem probable.
[Fr., Le vrai peut quelquefois n'etre pas vraisemblable.]
At times truth may not seem probable.
[Fr., Le vrai peut quelquefois n'etre pas vraisemblable.]
But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
But better to get hurt by the truth than comforted with a lie.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be read more
The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth.