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- Life is the art of drawing sufficient conclusions from insufficient premises.
- Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
- To be sure, the dog is loyal. But why, on that account, should we take him as an example? He is loyal to men, not to other dogs.
- Karl Kraus (1874 - 1936)
- Nature is a labyrinth in which the very haste you move with will make you lose your way.
- Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
- To establish oneself in the world, one does all one can to seem established there already.
- Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
- Academic and aristocratic people live in such an uncommon atmosphere that common sense can rarely reach them.
- Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
- A failure is a man who has blundered, but is not able to cash in on the experience.
- Elbert Hubbard (1856 - 1915)
- We are all failures - at least the best of us are.
- James M. Barrie (1860 - 1937)
- If men could regard the events of their lives with more open minds they would frequently discover that they did not really desire the thing they failed to obtain.
- Andre Maurois (1885 - 1967)
- I do not believe in a fate that falls on men however they act; but I do believe in a fate that falls on them unless they act.
- G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
- Love your enemies, for they tell you your faults.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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