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When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that read more
When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.
Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the read more
Plant a kernel of wheat and you reap a pint; plant a pint and you reap a bushel. Always the law works to give you back more than you give.
It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.
It is possible to give without loving, but it is impossible to love without giving.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you
hold well.
Life consists not in holding good cards but in playing those you
hold well.
It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be read more
It's better to be prepared for an opportunity and not have one than to have an opportunity and not be prepared.
This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.
This could but have happened once,
And we missed it, lost it forever.
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, read more
Whoever renders service to many puts himself in line for greatness -- great wealth, great return, great satisfaction, great reputation, and great joy.
A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
A woman's mind is affected by the meanest gifts.
[Lat., Parvis mobilis rebus animus muliebris.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
Never look a gift horse in the mouth.
[Lat., Noli equi dentes inspicere donati.]
