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Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.
There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough read more
There is a time in the life of every problem when it is big enough to see, yet small enough to solve.
You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to read more
You are beaten to earth? Well, well, what's that? Come up with a smiling face, It's nothing against you to fall down flat/ But to lie there-that's a disgrace.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
Neither irony or sarcasm is argument.
The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. read more
The responses of human beings vary greatly under dangerous circumstances. The strong man advances boldly to meet them head on. The weak man grows agitated. But the superior man stands up to fate, endures resolutely in his inner certainty If ignorant both.
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
It is sometimes necessary to lie damnably in the interests of the nation.
The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the read more
The term up has no meaning apart from the word down. The term fast has no meaning apart from the term slow. In addition such terms have no meaning even when used together, except when confined to a very particular situation... most of our language about the organization and objective's of government is made up of such polar terms. Justice and injustice are typical. A reformer who wants to abolish injustice and create a world in which nothing but justice prevails is like a man who wants to make everything up. Such a man might feel that if he took the lowest in the world and carried it up to the highest point and kept on doing this, everything would eventually become up. This would certainly move a great many objects and create an enormous amount of activity. It might or might not be useful, according to the standards which we apply. However it would never result in the abolishment of down.
