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Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but read more
Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
A wise man will desire no more than what he may get justly, use soberly, distribute cheerfully, and leave contentedly.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have read more
If you're trying to achieve, there will be roadblocks. I've had them; everybody has had them. But obstacles don't have to stop you. If you run into a wall, don't turn around and give up. Figure out how to climb it, go through it, or work around it.rn
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches read more
Concentrate your energies, your thoughts and your capital. The wise man puts all his eggs in one basket and watches the basket.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
Wisdom begins in wonder.
rnAll my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in read more
rnAll my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.rnAbraham LincolnrnNature, Mind, ThoughtrnI destroy my enemies when I make them my friends.rnAbraham LincolnrnFriends, DestroyrnI'm a slow walker, but I never walk back.rnAbraham LincolnrnBack, Walk, SlowrnI do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday.
He taketh wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the
froward is carried headlong.
He taketh wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the
froward is carried headlong.