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No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
No bird soars too high if he soars with his own wings.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.
Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.
Give the world the best that you have, and the best will come back to you.
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will
be clean.
Let everyone sweep in front of his own door, and the whole world will
be clean.
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never read more
When the freedom they wished for most was freedom from responsibility,
then Athens ceased to be free and was never free again.
An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.
An ounce of hypocracy is worth a pound of ambition.
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your
dominant aspiration.
You will become as small as your controlling desire; as great as your
dominant aspiration.
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.
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.
