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Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.
Be brave, young lovers, and follow your star.
The only limits are, as always, those of vision.
The only limits are, as always, those of vision.
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
the web of life; he is read more
Whatever befalls the earth befalls the son of the earth. Man did not weave
the web of life; he is merely a strand of it. Whatever he does to the web,
he does to himself.
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep read more
Before the gates of excellence the high gods have placed sweat; long is the road thereto and rough and steep at first; but when the heights are reached, then there is ease, though grievously hard in the winning. - Works and Days.
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not
change their minds are incompetents in asylums who read more
Life is not a static thing. The only people who do not
change their minds are incompetents in asylums who can't and those in
cemeteries.
To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is
to argue disbelief in the dignity read more
To believe what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is
to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because read more
If you can react the same way to winning and losing, that's a big accomplishment. That quality is important because it stays with you the rest of your life, and there's going to be a life after tennis that's a lot longer than your tennis life.
You see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?"
You see things; and you say: "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say: "Why not?"
Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is.
Suppose further, that only one star in a read more
Wonder if there is life on another planet? Let's suppose there is.
Suppose further, that only one star in a trillion has a planet that could
support life. If that were the case, then there would be at least 100
million planets that harbored life.
