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The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
[Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux,
Rien ne saurait les read more
The fastidious are unfortunate: nothing can satisfy them.
[Lat., Les delicats sont malheureux,
Rien ne saurait les satisfaire.]
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth read more
There has never yet been a man in our history who led a life of ease whose name is worth remembering.
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
A pint of sweat, saves a gallon of blood.
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of read more
A hundred times every day I remind myself that my inner and outer
life depend on the labors of other men, living and dead, and that
I must exert myself in order to give in the same measure as I
have received and am still receiving.
It's always too early to quit.
It's always too early to quit.
In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
God places the heaviest burden on those who can carry its weight.
Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.
Things don't turn up in this world until somebody turns them up.