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Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
Never deprive someone of hope; it may be all they have.
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he read more
No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
The biggest fool in the world is he who merely does his work supremely well, without attending to appearance.
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
Learning is not attained by chance. It must be sought for with ardor and attended to with diligence.
We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.
We own almost all our knowledge not to those who have agreed but to those who have differed.
It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but read more
It may be that the race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong -- but that is the way to bet.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.
Tact is the art of making guests feel at home when that's really where you wish they were.
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's read more
You have to stay in shape. My grandmother, she started walking five miles a day when she was 60. She's 97 today and we don't know where the hell she is.