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- Fools admire, but men of sense approve.
- Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
- Have more than thou showest; Speak less than thou knowest.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'King Lear,' Act I, Scene iv
- Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man.
- William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Hamlet,' Act I, Scene iii
- To look backward for a while is to refresh the eye, to restore it, and to render it the more fit for its prime function of looking forward.
- Margaret Fairless Barber
- Be on the alert to recognize your prime at whatever time of your life it may occur.
- Muriel Spark (1918 - )
- One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
- Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
- Where so many hours have been spent in convincing myself that I am right, is there not some reason to fear I may be wrong?
- Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
- Beware of too much laughter, for it deadens the mind and produces oblivion.
- The Talmud
- No one can build his security upon the nobleness of another person.
- Willa Cather (1873 - 1947)
- Never help a child with a task at which he feels he can succeed.
- Maria Montessori (1870 - 1952)
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