"The readiest and surest way to get rid of censure, is to correct ourselves."

Demosthenes on censure
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"The great accomplishments of man have resulted from the transmission of ideas and enthusiasm."

Watson, Thomas J. on success   

"Divide each difficulty into as many parts as is feasible and necessary to resolve it."

Descartes, Rene on simplicity
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"We are usually the best men when in the worst health."

Proverb, English on health
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"I want to live perfectly above the law, and make it my servant instead of my master."

Young, Brigham on law and lawyers
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"There is no sense in crying over spilt milk. Why bewail what is done and cannot be recalled?"

Sophocles on forgiveness
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"Remember that a government big enough to give you everything you want is also big enough to take away everything you have."

Crockett, Davy on government
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"There is no greatness where there is not simplicity, goodness and truth."

Tolstoy, Count Leo on greatness
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"Being taken for granted can be a compliment. It means you've become a comfortable, trusted element in another person's life."

Brothers, Dr. Joyce on friends and friendship
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"The world's a forest, in which all lose their way; though by a different path each goes astray."

Villiers, George on world
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"He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions."

Clarke, James Freeman on action
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"Do not learn more than you absolutely need to get through life."

Kraus, Karl on learning
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"Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave."

Kraus, Karl on democracy
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"Critics are those who have failed in literature and art."

Disraeli, Benjamin on criticism   

"Danger, the spur of all great minds."

Chapman, George on anger
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"When little is done, little is said; silence is the mother of truth."

Disraeli, Benjamin on silence
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"Men of the noblest dispositions think themselves happiest when others share their happiness with them."

Duncan, Barry on generosity
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"But I, being poor, have only my dreams; I have spread my dreams under your feet; Tread softly because you tread on my dreams."

Yeats, William Butler on dream
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"There are no rewards or punishments -- only consequences."

Inge, Dean William R. on consequences
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"God will not look you over for medal, degrees or diplomas, but for scars."

Hubbard, Elbert on achievement
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"Better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness."

Proverb, Chinese on blame
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"Human beings, by change, renew, rejuvenate ourselves; otherwise we harden."

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang Von on change   

"Doubt, of whatever kind, can be ended by action alone."

Carlyle, Thomas on doubt
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"Prosperity discovers vice, adversity discovers virtue."

Bacon, Francis on prosperity
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"You always pass failure on the way to success."

Rooney, Mickey on failure
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"Most people fail in life because they major in minor things."

Robbins, Anthony on failure
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"Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies."

Jefferson, Thomas on bankers and banking
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"It's the niceties that make the difference fate gives us the hand, and we play the cards."

Schopenhauer, Arthur on fate   

"No sooner said than done -- so acts your man of worth."

Ennius, Quintus on action
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"The more ignorant, reckless and thoughtless a doctor is, the higher his reputation soars even amongst powerful princes."

Erasmus, Desiderius on doctors
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"The more you learn what to do with yourself, and the more you do for others, the more you will learn to enjoy the abundant life."

Boetcker, William on service
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"In university they don't tell you that the greater part of the law is learning to tolerate fools."

Lessing, Doris on colleges and universities   

"The only correct actions are those that demand no explanation and no apology."

Auerbach, Red on action
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"The most virtuous are those who content themselves with being virtuous without seeking to appear so."

Plato on virtue
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"Be Prepared."

Powell, Lord Baden on preparation   

"The future comes slowly, the present flies and the past stands still forever."

Schiller, Johann Friedrich Von on the future
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"Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation."

Roosevelt, Franklin D. on life   

"How many legs does a dog have if you call the tail a leg? Four. Calling a tail a leg doesn't make it a leg."

Lincoln, Abraham on dogs
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"When the sword of rebellion is drawn, the sheath should be thrown away."

Proverb, English on rebellion
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"If there is a wrong way to do something, then someone will do it."

Murphy's Law, (Edward A. Murphy, Jr.) on wrong
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