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“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood”
“Successful and fortunate crime is called virtue.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste much of it in noise”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body”
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare, it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
“The grateful person, being still the most severe exacter of himself, not only confesses but proclaims his debts.”
“Study is the seasoning of life.”
“Wealth is the slave of a wise man and the master of a fool simplicity reveals the difference”
“Associate with people who are likely to improve you.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that they are difficult.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult”
“The bravest sight in the world is to see a great man struggling against adversity.”
“Actions speak louder than words.”
“The act itself is its own reward, and the punishment of the act is the act itself.”
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage.”
“All great things start from small beginnings.”
“Religion is regarded by the common people as true by the wise as false and by rulers as useful”
“A gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.”
“The greatest king is he who is king of himself.”
“When a man does not know what harbor he is making for, no wind is the right wind.”
“Life without study is merely death.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it”
“Time heals what reason cannot.”
“It is not the man who has too little who is poor but the one who hankers after more.”
“While we are postponing, life speeds by.”
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality but imagination also gives us the gift of wonder”
“Happiness is not something ready made. It comes from your own actions.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live, but that we waste a great deal of it.”
“As is a tale, so is life: not how long it is, but how good it is, is what matters.”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a good deal of it.”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind, as labor does the body.”
“No man was ever wise by chance.”
“It is quality rather than quantity that matters.”
“It is one of the blessings of old friends that you can afford to be stupid with them”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity and faith is what connects them”
“We suffer more often in imagination than in reality”
“The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.”
“True happiness is to enjoy the present, without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life”
“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not but rejoices for those which he has.”
“To bear trials with a calm mind robs misfortune of its strength and burden.”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that family things are difficult.”
“A man who suffers before it is necessary suffers more than is necessary and never finds peace.”
“It is not the man who has too little, but the man who craves more, that is poor.”
“Love in its essence is spiritual fire.”
“Life is long if you know how to use it”
“It is not the man who has too little but the man who craves more that is poor.”
“As long as you live keep learning how to live”
“Not how long, but how well you have lived is the main thing.”
“There is no end to learning.”
“As long as you live, keep learning how to live.”
“Every new beginning comes from some other beginning’s end.”
“The greatest obstacle to living is expectancy which hangs upon tomorrow and loses today”
“Life, if well lived, is long enough.”
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage and to live with faith multiplies that courage immeasurably”
“To bear lightly what needs must be is a great virtue.”
“Difficulties strengthen the mind as labor does the body.”
“No wind is favorable to the sailor who has no destined port.”
“The right time to dine is: for the rich man, when he is hungry; and for the poor man, when he has something to eat.”
“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life for time waits for no one”
“Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity. Peace is what happens when patience meets understanding.”
“Men learn while they teach.”
“Begin at once to live, and count each separate day as a separate life.”
“Knowing what is right does not make a sagacious man; the sage is one who also acts rightly.”
“Learning is the bread of life.”
“Nothing is ours except time.”
“A sword never kills anybody it is a tool in the killers hand”
“It is not the man who has too little but the man who craves more that is poor simplicity cures that poverty”
“Hang on to your youthful enthusiasms. You will be able to use them better when you are older.”
“Sometimes even to live is an act of courage”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare it is because we do not dare that they are difficult and faith gives us daring”
“Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness”
“True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“He who is brave is free.”
“It is not because things are difficult that we do not dare; it is because we do not dare that things are difficult.”
“We suffer more in imagination than in reality.”
“As is a tale so is life not how long it is but how good it is is what matters”
“True happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it simplicity reclaims that wasted time”
“True peace is achieved not by living without difficulty but by living beyond difficulty.”
“It is not the man who has too little that is poor, but the one who hankers after more.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for kindness.”
“Wherever there is a human being there is an opportunity for kindness and compassion”
“It is not that we have a short time to live but that we waste a great deal of it. Life is long enough and a sufficiently generous amount has been given to us for the highest achievements if it were all well invested.”
“He who has great power should use it lightly.”
“As is a tale so is life: not how long it is but how good it is that matters.”
“One of the most beautiful qualities of true friendship is to understand and to be understood.”
“True family happiness is to enjoy the present without anxious dependence upon the future.”
“Wherever there is a human being, there is an opportunity for a kindness.”
“Wherever you go carry compassion with you for it is the lightest burden and the greatest gift”
“Begin at once to live and count each separate day as a separate life.”
“Fate leads the willing and drags along the reluctant.”
“A man can be himself only so long as he is alone and if he does not love solitude he will not love freedom”
“Wealth is the slave of a wise man. The master of a fool.”
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