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Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made read more
Guido the plumber and Michelangelo obtained their marble from the same quarry, but what each saw in the marble made the difference between a nobleman's sink and a brilliant sculpture.
The key to your universe is that you can choose.
The key to your universe is that you can choose.
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have read more
No one is to be called an enemy, all are your benefactors, and no one does you harm. You have no enemy except yourselves.
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare read more
Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.
To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice ... you feel ... read more
To mortify and even to injure an opponent, reproach him with the very defect or vice ... you feel ... in yourself.
Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
Woe to those who spit on the beat generation, the wind will blow it back.
Yes, there are two paths you can go byBut in the long runThere's still time to change the road you're read more
Yes, there are two paths you can go byBut in the long runThere's still time to change the road you're on.
No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses read more
No poet sings because he must sing. At least no great poet does. A great poet sings because he chooses to sing.
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are read more
Some people are pragmatists, taking things as they come and making the best of the choices available. Some people are idealists, standing for principle and refusing to compromise. And some people just act on any whim that enters their heads. I pragmatically turn my whims into principles.
