What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning -- and some of them many times over -- what do you find? That you can swim? Well -- life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live!
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A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
A free man is a jealous of his responsibilities as he is of his liberties.
The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.
The cure for admiring the house of lords is to go and look at it.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.
Respect is love in plain clothes.
Respect is love in plain clothes.
There is always a touch of sadness around the most beautiful things in life !.
There is always a touch of sadness around the most beautiful things in life !.
Good men prefer to be accountable.
Good men prefer to be accountable.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
Enjoy life. There's plenty of time to be dead.
