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- Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
- William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)
- Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.
- Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644)
- Forsake not an old friend; for the new is not comparable to him: a new friend is as new wine; when it is old, thou shalt drink it with pleasure.
- Bible, Old Testament
- Always imitate the behavior of the winners when you lose.
- Anonymous
- Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.
- Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
- When you cannot get a compliment any other way pay yourself one.
- Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
- Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay.
- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
- If you would be pungent, be brief; for it is with words as with sunbeams - the more they are condensed, the deeper they burn.
- Robert Southey (1774 - 1843)
- Be neither too remote nor too familiar.
- Prince Charles (1948 - ), of Wales
- There are admirable potentialities in every human being. Believe in your strength and your youth. Learn to repeat endlessly to yourself, 'It all depends on me.'
- Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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