Escritas - Poems List

Oscar Wilde

It often happens that the

It often happens that the real tragedies in life occur in such an inarticulate manner that they hurt one by their crude violence, their absolute incoherence, their absurd want of meaning, their entire lack of style.

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Peter Drucker

Quality in a product or

Quality in a product or service is not what the supplier puts in. It is what the customer gets out and is willing to pay for. A product is not quality because it is hard to make and costs a lot of money, as manufacturers typically believe. This is incompetence. Customers pay only for what is of use to them and gives them value. Nothing else constitutes quality.

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La Bruyere

Gross ignorance produces a dogmatic

Gross ignorance produces a dogmatic spirit. He who knows nothing thinks he can teach others what he has himself just been learning. He who knows much scarcely believes that what he is saying is unknown to others, and consequently speaks with more hesitation.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Sword and fist are the

Sword and fist are the instruments of primitive; non-violence is the instrument of developed man!

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Helen Keller

Character can not be developed

Character can not be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.

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Roy L. Smith

The successful man is the

The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competitors do.

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La Bruyere

All confidence is dangerous unless

All confidence is dangerous unless it is complete; there are few circumstances in which it is not better either to hide all or to tell all.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Any religion with a sword

Any religion with a sword is not a religion; it is merely an army of assassins! A real man of God carries only flowers in his hands!

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Joel E. Ross

Never underestimate the power of

Never underestimate the power of the irate customer.

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Helen Keller

No pessimist ever discovered the

No pessimist ever discovered the secret of the stars or sailed an uncharted land, or opened a new doorway for the human spirit.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

How very much horrible would

How very much horrible would it be, if achieving everything was so easy! We bear life because there is struggle!

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Jean de La Fontaine

Happy the man who lives

Happy the man who lives at home, making it his business to regulate his desires.

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Dean Koontz

Although the constant shadow of

Although the constant shadow of certain death looms over everyday, the pleasures and joys of life can be so fine and affecting that the heart is nearly stilled in astonishment.

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Lillian Dickson

Life is like a coin.

Life is like a coin. You can spend it any way you wish, but you only spend it once.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

If you love the roses,

If you love the roses, that is ordinary; if you love the weeds, that is extraordinary! Rather than being common, be extraordinary!

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Jean de La Fontaine

We must oblige everybody as

We must oblige everybody as much as we can; we have often need of assistance from those inferior to ourselves.

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B. C. Forbes

Any business arrangement that is

Any business arrangement that is not profitable to the other person will in the end prove unprofitable for you. The bargain that yields mutual satisfaction is the only one that is apt to be repeated.

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W. E. B. Du Bois

Believe in life! Always human

Believe in life! Always human beings will live and progress to greater, broader and fuller life.

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Mehmet Murat Ildan

Haughtiness is the high heel

Haughtiness is the high heel shoe of the low men!

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Jean de La Fontaine

Nothing is so oppressive as

Nothing is so oppressive as a secret; it is difficult for ladies to keep it long, and I know even in this matter a good number of men who are women.

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Alexander Humboldt

I am more and more

I am more and more convinced that our happiness depends more on how we meet the events in our lives, than on those events themselves.

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Doug Larson

Accomplishing the impossible means only

Accomplishing the impossible means only the boss will add it to your regular duties.

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Siddharth Astir

Don't mess with your memories....

Don't mess with your memories.... only they have the power to return from the dead.

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Jean de La Fontaine

We ought never to mock

We ought never to mock the wretched, for who can be sure of being always happy?

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