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It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; read more
Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one's definition of your life; define yourself.
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write read more
Elegance of language may not be in the power of all of us; but simplicity and straight forwardness are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser than usual; if with your superiors, no finer. Be what you say; and, within the rules of prudence, say what you are.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Real knowledge is to know the extent of one's ignorance.
Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
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Tell me not, in mournful numbers,
Life is but an empty dream!
For the soul is dead that slumbers,
and things are not what they seem.
Life is real! Life is earnest!
And the grave is not its goal;
Dust thou art; to dust returnest,
Was not spoken of the soul.
Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you read more
Get over the idea that only children should spend their time in study. Be a student so long as you still have something to learn, and this will mean all your life.
I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.
I think knowing what you cannot do is more important than knowing what you can.
Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.
Be curious always! For knowledge will not acquire you: you must acquire it.
A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way.
