I said there was nothing so convincing to an Indian as a general massacre. If he could not approve of the massacre, I said the next surest thing for an Indian was soap and education. Soap and education are not as sudden as a massacre, but they are more deadly in the long run; because a half-massacred Indian may recover, but if you educate him and wash him, it is bound to finish him some time or other.
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Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered read more
Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.
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It is difficult to live in the present, ridiculous to live in the future, and impossible to live in the past. Nothing is as far away as one minute ago. -Jim Bishop.
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Six hours in sleep is enough for youth and age. Perhaps seven
for the lazy, but we allow eight to no one.
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Time is more valuable than money. You can get more money, but you cannot get more time.
A better present makes for a good past and future.
A better present makes for a good past and future.
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.
Time is at once the most valuable and the most perishable of all our possessions.
The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains.
The passage of time is simply an illusion created by our brains.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.
Nothing is improbable until it moves into the past tense.
