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People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt read more
People are like dirt. They can either nourish you and help you grow as a person or they can stunt your growth and make you wilt and die.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
In man's most dark extremity
Oft succor dawns from Heaven.
The careful pilot of my proper woe.
The careful pilot of my proper woe.
You will swim without cork (without help).
[Lat., Nabis sine cortice.]
You will swim without cork (without help).
[Lat., Nabis sine cortice.]
To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a
helping hand.
To the man who himself strives earnestly, God also lends a
helping hand.
A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
And he that read more
A sceptre snatched with an unruly hand
Must be as boisterously maintained as gained,
And he that stands upon a slippery place
Makes nice of no vile hold to stay him up.
God helps those who help themselves.
God helps those who help themselves.
God helps everyone with what is his own.
[Sp., Ayude Dios con lo suyo a cada uno.]
God helps everyone with what is his own.
[Sp., Ayude Dios con lo suyo a cada uno.]
Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land?
All fear, none aid you, and few understand.
Truths would you teach, or save a sinking land?
All fear, none aid you, and few understand.
