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Smile when it hurts most.
Smile when it hurts most.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
Ostentation is the signal flag of hypocrisy.
The price of wisdom is eternal thought.
The price of wisdom is eternal thought.
Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the read more
Give her two red roses, each with a note. The first note says "For the woman I love" and the second, "For my best friend.".
Only those who have learned a lot are in a position to admit how little they know.
Only those who have learned a lot are in a position to admit how little they know.
The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
The wind which snuffs the candle fans the fire.
Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
Time ripens all things; no man is born wise.
I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.
I pay the schoolmaster but 'tis the schoolboys who educate my son.
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they read more
Euphemisms are not, as many young people think, useless verbiage for that which can and should be said bluntly; they are like secret agents on a delicate mission, they must airily pass by a stinking mess with barely so much as a nod of the head, make their point of constructive criticism and continue on in calm forbearance. Euphemisms are unpleasant truths wearing diplomatic cologne.
