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- Victory belongs to the most persevering.
- Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
- Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.
- Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
- The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his feet.
- James Oppenheim
- When there is no peril in the fight there is no glory in the triumph.
- Pierre Corneille (1606 - 1684)
- Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- If I have ever made any valuable discoveries, it has been owing more to patient attention, than to any other talent.
- Isaac Newton (1642 - 1727)
- We must not allow the clock and the calendar to blind us to the fact that each moment of life is a miracle and mystery.
- H. G. Wells (1866 - 1946)
- If the wind will not serve, take to the oars.
- Latin Proverb
- Don't throw away the old bucket until you know whether the new one holds water.
- Swedish Proverb
- Never trouble another for what you can do for yourself.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
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