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- A man without ambition is dead. A man with ambition but no love is dead. A man with ambition and love for his blessings here on earth is ever so alive. Having been alive, it won't be so hard in the end to lie down and rest.
- Pearl Bailey (1918 - 1990)
- If you would cure anger, do not feed it. Say to yourself: 'I used to be angry every day; then every other day; now only every third or fourth day.' When you reach thirty days offer a sacrifice of thanksgiving to the gods.
- Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
- Never forget what a man says to you when he is angry.
- Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
- When anger rises, think of the consequences.
- Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
- Eat a third and drink a third and leave the remaining third of your stomach empty. Then, when you get angry, there will be sufficient room for your rage.
- Babylonian Talmud, tractate Gittin
- Your first appearance, he said to me, is the gauge by which you will be measured; try to manage that you may go beyond yourself in after times, but beware of ever doing less.
- Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778)
- Beware so long as you live, of judging people by appearances.
- La Fontaine
- Keeping your clothes well pressed will keep you from looking hard pressed.
- Coleman Cox
- Do not judge men by mere appearances; for the light laughter that bubbles on the lip often mantles over the depths of sadness, and the serious look may be the sober veil that covers a divine peace and joy.
- Edward Chapin
- If you go in for argument, take care of your temper. Your logic, if you have any, will take care of itself.
- Joseph Farrell
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