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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things
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Anyone can become angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - this is not easy.
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All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.
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The machine yes the machine
never wastes anybody's time
never watches the foreman
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An invasion of armies can be resisted, but not an idea whose time has come.
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A habit cannot be tossed out the window; it must be coaxed down the stairs a step at a time.
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And thus the whirligig of time brings in his revenges.
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At the same time, as social beings, we are moved in the relations with our fellow beings by such feelings as sympathy, pride, hate, need for power, pity, and so on.
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Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.
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Everybody likes to go their own way - to choose their own time and manner of devotion.
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Everything happens to everybody sooner or later if there is time enough.
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I know of no more encouraging fact than the unquestionable ability of man to elevate his life by conscious endeavor.
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If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.
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In the course of your work, you will from time to time encounter the situation where the facts and the theory do not coincide. In such circumstances, young gentlemen, it is my earnest advice to respect the facts.
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In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking.
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In wisdom gathered over time I have found that every experience is a form of exploration.
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It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance, you will not easily arrive at better. If they know what is good, and require it. you will aspire and burn until you achieve it. But from time to time, in history, men are born a whole age too soon.
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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
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Let your enemies be disarmed by the gentleness of your manner, but at the same time let them feel, the steadiness of your resentment.
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More than any time in history mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness, the other to total extinction. Let us pray that we have the wisdom to choose correctly.
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