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The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.
The gods only laugh when people ask them for money.
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Those who stand for nothing fall for anything.
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it
looks impossible, and then gets read more
Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it
looks impossible, and then gets discouraged. That's not the place to
become discouraged.
You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path.
You cannot be wimpy out there on the dream-seeking trail. Dare to break through barriers, to find your own path.
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said read more
The figure of the enthusiast who has just discovered jogging or a new way to fix tofu can be said to stand or, more accurately, to tremble on the threshold of conversion, as the representative American.
Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must.
Talent does what it can, and genius does what it must.
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.
Staying up all night is a waste of sleeping, and a waste of sleeping
is a waste of dreaming, and read more
Staying up all night is a waste of sleeping, and a waste of sleeping
is a waste of dreaming, and dreaming is important because the more
dreams you have, the better chance of one coming true.
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
