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Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most read more
Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
Illegitimis non carborundum."Lat., "Don't let the bastards grind you down.
Illegitimis non carborundum."Lat., "Don't let the bastards grind you down.
There is always a way-if you're committed.
There is always a way-if you're committed.
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the read more
I am convinced that the world is not a mere bog in which men and woman trample themselves in the mire and die. Something magnificent is taking place here amid the cruelties and tragedies, and the supreme challenge to intelligence is that of making the noblest and best in our curious heritage prevail.
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.
Angels fly because they take themselves lightly.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
Reading furnishes the mind only with materials of
knowledge; it is thinking that makes what we read ours.
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of read more
America is not only big and rich, it is mysterious; and its capacity for the humorous or ironical concealment of its interests matches that of the legendary inscrutable Chinese. - The Lonely Crowd.
Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal read more
Go far -- too far you cannot, still the farther. The more experience finds you: and go sparing. One meal a week will serve you, and one suit, Through all your travels; for you'll find it certain. The poorer and the baser you appear, The more you look through still.
