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No pressure, no diamonds.
No pressure, no diamonds.
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would read more
If all our misfortunes were laid in one common heap, whence everyone must take an equal portion, most people would be content to take their own and depart.
As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it read more
As a beauty I'm not a great star. Others are handsomer far; but my face -- I don't mind it because I'm behind it; it the folks out in front that I jar.
I quote others in order to better express myself.
I quote others in order to better express myself.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
He knows not his own strength that hath not met adversity.
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
The shortest distance between two points is under construction.
For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.
For an impenetrable shield, stand inside yourself.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Don't bother just to be better than your contemporaries or predecessors. Try to be better than yourself.
Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive.
Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive.
