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Never cut what you can untie.
Never cut what you can untie.
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, read more
Nature has placed mankind under the government of two
sovereign masters, pain and pleasure...they govern us in all we do, in all
we say, in all we think: every effort we can make to throw off our
subjection, will serve but to demonstrate and confirm it.
The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag.
The fates lead him who will-him who won't they drag.
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.
All man's miseries derive from not being able to sit quietly in a room
alone.
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
The more perfect a thing is, the more susceptible to good and bad treatment it is.
The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of
fear as the person who regularly read more
The irony is that the person not taking risks feels the same amount of
fear as the person who regularly takes risks.
Then hail! thou noble conqueror! That, when tyranny oppressed, hewed for our fathers from the wild. A land wherein to read more
Then hail! thou noble conqueror! That, when tyranny oppressed, hewed for our fathers from the wild. A land wherein to rest.
Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man.
Though language forms the preacher, 'Tis "good works" make the man.