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At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
At night, when the curtains are drawn and the fire flickers, my books attain a collective dignity.
Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.
Keep your face towards the sunshine and the shadows will fall behind you.
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key read more
To find out what one is fitted to do, and to secure an opportunity to do it, is the key to happiness.
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.
A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
A mistake is simply another way of doing things.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
Abuse a man unjustly, and you will make friends for him.
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood read more
If you saw Atlas, the giant who holds the world on his shoulders, if you saw that he stood, blood running down his chest, his knees buckling, his arms trembling but still trying to hold the world aloft with the last of his strength, and the greater the effort the heavier the world bore down upon his shoulders -- what would you tell him to do? I don't know. What could he do? What would you tell him? To shrug.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
If we are not ashamed to think it, we should not be ashamed to say it.
The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.
The superior man is firm in the right way, and not merely firm.
