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Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
Perseverance is not a long race; it is many short races one after another.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
It is costly wisdom that is bought by experience.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
Honor is like an island, rugged and without a beach; once we have left it, we can never return.
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre read more
We can never be certain of our courage until we have faced
danger.
[Fr., On ne peut repondre de son courage quand on n'a jamais ete
dans le peril.]
There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.
There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.
The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.
The courage of very ordinary people is all that stands between us and the dark.
In treat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will read more
In treat me not to leave thee, or to return from following after thee: for whither thou goest, I will go; and where thou lodgest, I will lodge: thy people shall be my people, and thy God my God. [Ruth 1:16].
But straightway Jesus spake upto them saying, Be of good cheer:
it is I; be not afraid.
But straightway Jesus spake upto them saying, Be of good cheer:
it is I; be not afraid.