“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water”
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“You can't cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water”
“Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is to try just one more time”
“Wedding: A ceremony at which two persons undertake to become one, one undertakes to become nothing, and nothing undertakes to become supportable.”
“A man can’t ride your back unless it’s bent”
“It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one”
“If the freedom of speech is taken away then dumb and silent we may be led, like sheep to the slaughter”
“If we resist our passions it is more from their weakness than from our strength”
“A society without religion is like a vessel without compass”
“Without passion man is a mere latent force and possibility, like the flint which awaits the shock of the iron before it can give forth its spark”
“It is not possible to fight beyond your strength even if you strive”
“A room without books is like a life without meaning”
“A feeble body weakens the mind”
“I'm treating you as a friend asking you to share my present minuses in the hope that I can ask you to share my future pluses”
“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.”
“The greatest mistake you can make is to be continually fearing you will make one”
“Lottery: A tax on people who are bad at math”
“When in doubt, don’t”
“A meal without wine is like a day without sunshine”
“Old people are fond of giving good advice; it consoles them for no longer being capable of setting a bad example”
“What most persons consider as virtue, after the age of 40 is simply a loss of energy”