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John Ray
Love thy neighbor, but pull
Love thy neighbor, but pull not down thy hedge.
138
George Herbert
He who cannot forgive others
He who cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself.
134
Bertrand Russell
The only thing that will
The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
139
Marcus Aurelius
Be modest and simple in
Be modest and simple in your deportment, and treat with indifference whatever lies between virtue and vice. Love the human race; obey God.
85
Eric Hoffer
We feel free when we
We feel free when we escape -- even if it be but from the frying pan to the fire.
40
William Shakespeare
Come what come may,
Come what come may,
180
Menander
No one ought to despond
No one ought to despond in adverse circumstances, for they may turn out to be the cause of good to us.*
84
Napoleon Hill
If your imagination leads you
If your imagination leads you to understand how quickly people grant your requests when those requests appeal to their self-interest, you can have practically anything you go after.
19
William Shakespeare
What seest thou else
What seest thou else
141
Baltasar Gracian
He who finds Fortune on
He who finds Fortune on his side should go briskly ahead, for she is wont to favor the bold.
58
Menander
Whosoever lends a greedy ear
Whosoever lends a greedy ear to a slanderous report is either himself of a radically bad disposition or a mere child in sense.
93
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness
Only strength can cooperate. Weakness can only beg.
96
William Shakespeare
I do begin to have
I do begin to have bloody thoughts.
153
Mary Howitt
He is happiest who hath
He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.
29
Claude M. Bristol
Always try to do something
Always try to do something for the other fellow and you will be agreeably surprised how things come your way - how many pleasing things are done for you.
61
Menander
There is nothing more daring
There is nothing more daring than ignorance.
70
Learned Hand
Life is made up of
Life is made up of constant calls to action, and we seldom have time for more than hastily contrived answers.
19
Anatole France
Never lend books - nobody
Never lend books - nobody ever returns them; the only books I have in my library are those which people have lent me.
222
Anonymous
When you can think of
When you can think of yesterday without regret and tomorrow without fear, you are near contentment.
88
Menander
In everything you will find
In everything you will find annoyances, but you ought to consider whether the advantages do not predominate.
91
Anonymous
Love is my Sword,
Love is my Sword,
95
Heinrich Heine
When books are burned in
When books are burned in the end people will be burned too.
87
George Woodberry
To feel that one has
To feel that one has a place in life solves half the problems of contentment.
13
Menander
The man who cannot blush,
The man who cannot blush, and who has no feelings of fear, has reached the acme of impudence.
99