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Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up read more
Let him that hath no power of patience retire within himself, though even there he will have to put up with himself. - The Art of Worldy Wisdom, 1647.
It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful
channel. (on focus).
It is a process of diverting one's scattered forces into one powerful
channel. (on focus).
Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their read more
Perfection is what American women expect to find in their husbands... but English women only hope to find in their butlers.
A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.
A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.
I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.
I don't eat junk foods and I don't think junk thoughts.
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline
ourselves.
In the last analysis, our only freedom is the freedom to discipline
ourselves.
All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter read more
All parents believe their children can do the impossible. They thought it the minute we were born, and no matter how hard we've tried to prove them wrong, they all think it about us now. And the really annoying thing is, they're probably right.
The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what read more
The best rules to form a young man are: to talk little, to hear much, to
reflect alone upon what has passed in company, to distrust one's own
opinions, and value others' that deserve it.
But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out read more
But the effort, the effort! And as the marrow is eaten out of a man's bones and the soul out of his belly, contending with the strange rapacity of savage life, the lower stage of creation, he cannot make the effort any more.
