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Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned.
Destiny is an invention of the cowardly and the resigned.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.
Every man is like the company he is wont to keep.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
If a donkey bray at you, don't bray at him.
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
People who bite the hand that feeds them usually lick the boot that kicks them.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
Against stupidity the very gods fight in vain.
[They say] "We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it." You poor fools! read more
[They say] "We do not know how this is, but we know that God can do it." You poor fools! God can make a cow out of a tree, but has He ever done so? Therefore show some reason why a thing is so, or cease to hold that it is so.
Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.
Every failure teaches a man something, to wit, that he will probably fail again.
It is not a fragrant world.
It is not a fragrant world.
