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One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.
One shouldn't talk of halters in the hanged man's house.
I thought so hard I got a headache.
I thought so hard I got a headache.
It takes twenty years to become an overnight success.
It takes twenty years to become an overnight success.
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance read more
Shallow understanding from people of good will is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.
Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.
Nothing in the world is more haughty than a man of moderate capacity when once raised to power.
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek; and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. read more
Ask, and it shall be given you; seek; and you shall find; knock and it shall be opened unto you. For every one that asketh receiveth; and he that seeketh findeth; and to him that knocketh it shall be opened. [Matthew 7:7-8].
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a read more
How well I have learned that there is no fence to sit on between heaven and hell. There is a deep, wide gulf, a chasm, and in that chasm is no place for any man.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
Hasten slowly and ye shall soon arrive.
It's the men behind who "make" the man ahead.
It's the men behind who "make" the man ahead.
