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Smile when it hurts most.
Smile when it hurts most.
I quote others in order to better express myself.
I quote others in order to better express myself.
Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.
Each department of knowledge passes through three stages. The theoretic stage; the theological stage and the metaphysical or abstract stage.
It takes twenty years to become an overnight success.
It takes twenty years to become an overnight success.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
Never try to teach a pig to sing. It wastes your time and annoys the pig.
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
It is easy when we are in prosperity to give advice to the afflicted.
Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline read more
Either you think -- or else others have to think for you and take power from you, pervert and discipline your natural tastes, civilize and sterilize you.
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be read more
It is an old maxim of mine that when you have excluded the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth. - The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, "The Beryl Coronet".
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
Mere goodness can achieve little against the power of nature.
