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Every teacher has to learn the lession.
Every teacher has to learn the lession.
Death comes to all but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
Death comes to all but great achievements build a monument which shall endure until the sun grows cold.
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. read more
It is easy to hate and it is difficult to love. This is how the whole scheme of things works. All good things are difficult to achieve; and bad things are very easy to get.
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
It is very easy to overestimate the importance of our own achievements in comparison with what we owe others.
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard read more
None of us will ever accomplish anything excellent or commanding except when he listens to this whisper which is heard by him alone.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Empty pockets never held anyone back. Only empty heads and empty hearts can do that.
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best read more
Achievement is not always success, while reputed failure often is. It is honest endeavor, persistent effort to do the best possible under any and all circumstances.
What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is read more
What we don't need to know for achievement, we need to know for our pleasure. Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of civilized delight.
Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by read more
Alec Issigonis (we refuse to use the plutocratic terms 'sir' or 'doctor') said a camel is a horse designed by committee. If it was God's committee
for an animal adapted to communities without water..
it was a divine consensus.
