“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth”
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“Man has lost the capacity to foresee and to forestall. He will end by destroying the earth”
“If you are ever at a loss to support a flagging conversation, introduce the subject of eating”
“Friendship is like money, easier made than kept ”
“A fool and his money are soon parted”
“The way to love anything is to realize that it may be lost. ”
“Take away love and our earth is a tomb ”
“The first magic of love is our ignorance that it can ever end”
“Never contend with a man who has nothing to lose”
“The game of golf would lose a great deal if croquet mallets and billiard cues were allowed on the putting green.”
“People who lean on logic and philosophy and rational exposition end by starving the best part of the mind.”
“Men for the sake of getting a living forget to live”
“Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away”
“Men do not quit playing because they grow old; they grow old because they quit playing ”
“Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature.”
“Our real blessings often appear to us in the shape of pains, losses and disappointments; but let us have patience and we soon shall see them in their proper figures. ”
“Friendships, in general, are suddenly contracted; and therefore it is no wonder they are easily dissolved”
“Better to die ten thousand deaths than wound my honor”
“To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement”
“Loss is nothing else but change, and change is nature's delight”
“There are only two people who can tell you the truth about yourself - an enemy who has lost his temper and a friend who loves you dearly”