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One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years read more
One hour of life, crowded to the full with glorious action, and filled
with noble risks, is worth whole years of those mean observances of paltry
decorum, in which men steal through existence, like sluggish waters
through a marsh, without either honour or observation.
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
A wise man turns chance into good fortune.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
Drawing on my fine command of the English language, I said nothing.
A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.
A soul without a high aim is like a ship without a rudder.
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried
and succeeded.
It takes as much courage to have tried and failed as it does to have tried
and succeeded.
Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
Always the beautiful answer who asks a more beautiful question.
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake read more
The path of least resistance and least trouble is a mental rut already made. It requires troublesome work to undertake the alternation of old beliefs. Self-conceit often regards it as a sign of weakness to admit that a belief to which we have once committed ourselves is wrong. We get so identified with an idea that it is literally a "pet" notion and we rise to its defense and stop our eyes and ears to anything different.
Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.
Forget those things that aren't worth remembering.
Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.
Today I have grown taller from walking with the trees.
