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- Faith in the ability of a leader is of slight service unless it be united with faith in his justice.
- George Goethals (1858 - 1928)
- The young man who has not wept is a savage,
and the old man who will not laugh is a fool. - George Santayana (1863 - 1952), Dialogues in Limbo (1925) ch. 3
- It is better in some respects to be admired by those with whom you live, than to be loved by them. And this is not on account of any gratification of vanity, but because admiration is so much more tolerant than love.
- Sir Arthur Helps
- I wasted time, and now doth time waste me.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- We ought not to judge of men's merits by their qualifications, but by the use they make of them.
- Richard Cecil
- They think too little who talk too much.
- John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
- In all the affairs of life, social as well as political, courtesies of a small and trivial character are the ones which strike deepest to the grateful and appreciating heart.
- Henry Clay (1777 - 1852)
- See first that the design is wise and just: that ascertained, pursue it resolutely; do not for one repulse forego the purpose that you resolved to effect.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
- No sword bites so fiercly as an evil tongue.
- Sir Philip Sidney (1554 - 1586)
- When griping grief the heart doth wound,
and doleful dumps the mind opresses,
then music, with her silver sound,
with speedy help doth lend redress. - William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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