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- Words are the litmus paper of the minds. If you find yourself in the power of someone who will use the word "commence" in cold blood, go somewhere else very quickly. But if they say "Enter", don't stop to pack.
- Terry Pratchett, Small Gods
- But the truth was that he died from solitude, the enemy known but to few on this Earth, and whom only the simplest of us are fit to withstand. The brilliant Costaguanaro of the boulevards had died from solitude and want of faith in himself and others.
- Joseph Conrad (1857 - 1924), Nostromo (on the death of Decoud)
- Let not him that girdeth on his harness boast himself as he that putteth it off.
- Bible, Kings xx. 11.
- Spreading himself like a green bay tree.
- Bible, Psalm xxxvii. 35.
- Boast not thyself of to-morrow; for thou knowest not what a day may bring forth.
- Bible, Proverbs xxvii. 1.
- Take therefore no thought for the morrow; for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof.
- Bible, Matthew vi. 34.
- Physician, heal thyself.
- Bible, Luke iv. 23.
- If you dig a grave for others, you might fall into it yourself.
- Irish Proverb
- If you don't have a plan for yourself, you'll be a part of someone else's.
- American Proverb
- If you take care of your character, your reputation will take care of itself.
- American Proverb
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