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- Everyone complains of his lack of memory, but nobody of his want of judgment.
- La Rochefoucauld
- One must marry one's feelings to one's beliefs and ideas. That is probably the only way to achieve a measure of harmony in one's life.
- Etty Hilsum
- I respect the man who knows distinctly what he wishes. The greater part of all mischief in the world arises from the fact that men do not sufficiently understand their own aims. They have undertaken to build a tower, and spend no more labor on the foundation than would be necessary to erect a hut.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- Everybody wants to be somebody; nobody wants to grow.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- Be courteous to all, but intimate with few, and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence. True friendship is a plant of slow grow, and must undergo and withstand the shocks of adversity before it is entitled to the appellation.
- George Washington (1732 - 1799)
- I don't know who my grandfather was; I'm much more concerned to know what his grandson will be.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
- Telling us to obey instinct is like telling us to obey "people." People say different things: so do instincts. Our instincts are at war.... Each instinct, if you listen to it, will claim to be gratified at the expense of the rest....
- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963), The Abolition of Man
- Grace under Pressure.
- Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
- Live life to the fullest.
- Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
- In order to write about life, first you must live it!
- Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
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