For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the south.

For promotion cometh neither from the east, nor from the west,
nor from the south.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Slow rises worth by poverty depressed.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

Though fame is smoke,
Its fumes are frankincense to human thought.

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

Who backs his rigid Sabbath, so to speak,
Against the wicked remnant of the week."

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

Every madman considers everyone else a madman.

There's no abiding success without commitment.

There's no abiding success without commitment.

The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
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The sense of death is most in apprehension,
And the poor beetle that we tread upon
In corporal sufferance finds a pang as great
As when a giant dies.

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted

Striving for success without hard work is like trying to harvest where you haven't planted

Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.

Whatever is made by the hand of man, by the hand of man may be
overturned.