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Stanislaw Lec: He who limps...

Stanislaw Lec: He who limps...

He who limps is still walking.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Benjamin Franklin: I saw few...

Benjamin Franklin: I saw few...

I saw few die of hunger; of eating, a hundred thousand.

Source: In Correct Quotes...

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Benjamin Franklin: By failing to...

Benjamin Franklin: By failing to...

By failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: An old young...

Benjamin Franklin: An old young...

An old young man, will be a young old man.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: A learned blockhead...

Benjamin Franklin: A learned blockhead...

A learned blockhead is a greater blockhead than an ignorant one.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: Money never made...

Benjamin Franklin: Money never made...

Money never made a man happy yet, nor will it. The more a man has, the more he wants. Instead of filling a vacuum, it...

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Benjamin Franklin: If you know...

Benjamin Franklin: If you know...

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

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Benjamin Franklin: Learn of the...

Benjamin Franklin: Learn of the...

Learn of the skillful; he that teaches himself, has a fool for his master.

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Benjamin Franklin: Do not squander...

Benjamin Franklin: Do not squander...

Do not squander time for that is the stuff life is made of.

Source: In

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G C Lichtenberg: We say that...

G C Lichtenberg: We say that...

We say that someone occupies an official position, whereas it is the official position that occupies...

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G C Lichtenberg: With prophecies the...

G C Lichtenberg: With prophecies the...

With prophecies the commentator is often a more important man than the prophet.

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Martin H Fischer: You must learn...

Martin H Fischer: You must learn...

You must learn to talk clearly. The jargon of scientific terminology which rolls off your tongues is mental...

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Thomas Carlyle: Be not the...

Thomas Carlyle: Be not the...

Be not the slave of Words.

Source: Sartor Resartus, Bk I, Ch. 8
-- Thomas...

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Thomas Carlyle: Do the duty...

Thomas Carlyle: Do the duty...

Do the duty which lies nearest to you, the second duty will then become clearer.

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Thomas Carlyle: The first of...

Thomas Carlyle: The first of...

The first of all gospels is, that no lie lives forever.

Source: In Webster's...

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Henry David Thoreau: The way in...

Henry David Thoreau: The way in...

The way in which men cling to old institutions after the life has departed out of them, and out of themselves, reminds...

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Henry David Thoreau: We shall see...

Henry David Thoreau: We shall see...

We shall see but little way if we require to understand what we see. How few things can a man measure with the tape of...

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Henry David Thoreau: Decay and disease...

Henry David Thoreau: Decay and disease...

Decay and disease are often beautiful, like the pearly tear of the shellfish and the hectic glow of...

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Henry David Thoreau: There are nine...

Henry David Thoreau: There are nine...

There are nine hundred and ninety-nine patrons of virtue to one virtuous man.

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Knut Hamsun: When good befalls...

Knut Hamsun: When good befalls...

When good befalls a man he calls it Providence, when evil fate.

Source: Vagabonds,...

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