My experience has taught me, and it has become a principle with me, that it is never any benefit to give out and out, to man or woman, money, food, clothing, or anything else, if they are able-bodied and can work and earn what they need, when there is anything on earth for them to do. This is my principle and I try to act upon it. To pursue a contrary course would ruin any community in the world and make them idlers.
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Zeal without humanity is like a ship without a rudder, liable to be stranded at any moment.
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Pain is inevitable, suffering is optional.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
The unexamined life is not worth living.
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this line.
Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.
Man, if you gotta ask you'll never know.
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People take different roads seeking fulfillment and happiness. Just because they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost.
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Write the bad things that are done to you in sand, but write the good things that happen to you on a piece of marble.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity and stumble from defeat to defeat.
