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Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
Fortune truly helps those who are of good judgment.
And so all growth that is not towards God
Is growing to decay.
And so all growth that is not towards God
Is growing to decay.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
Without continual growth and progress, such words as improvement, achievement, and success have no meaning.
The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
The lofty oak from a small acorn grows.
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; read more
But Jeshurun waxed fat, and kicked: thou art waxen fat, thou art
grown thick, thou art covered with fatness; then he forsook God
which made him, and lightly esteemed the Rock of his salvation.
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune read more
That conceit, elegantly expressed by the Emperor Charles V., in
his instructions to the King, his son, "that fortune hath
somewhat the nature of a woman, that if she be too much wooed she
is the farther off."
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...
Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Fortune brings in some boats that are not steered.
Nor deem the irrevocable Past,
As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
If, rising on its wrecks, at last
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Nor deem the irrevocable Past,
As wholly wasted, wholly vain,
If, rising on its wrecks, at last
To something nobler we attain.