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The trouble is small, the fun is great.
[Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]
The trouble is small, the fun is great.
[Ger., Die Muh'ist klein, der Spass ist gross.]
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
People are just as happy as they make up their minds to be.
To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
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To be, or not to be--that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles
And by opposing end them. To die, to sleep--
No more--and by a sleep to say we end
The heartache, and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
People seldom do what they believe in. They do what is convenient, then repent.
Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!
Sweet bird, that shun the noise of folly, most musical, most melancholy!
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of read more
I don't want to get to the end of my life and find that I just lived the length of it. I want to have lived the width of it as well.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Punishment is justice for the unjust.
Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
Trouble brings experience, and experience brings wisdom.
Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real read more
Ninety percent of the world's woe comes from people not knowing themselves, their abilities, their frailties, and even their real virtues. Most of us go almost all the way through life as complete strangers to ourselves.
