Francois de La Rochefoucauld Quotes
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Is life worth living?
Yes, so long as there is wrong to right.
So long as faith with freedom reigns and loyal hope survives,
And gracious charity remains to leaven lowly lives;
While there is only one untrodden tract for intellect or will,
And men are free to think and act,
Life is worth living still.
Alfred Austin
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A good teacher sees the commonality of all human beings
Tirumalai Krishnamacharya Venkata Desikachar
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You can't do things unexpected in life if you're not willing to take a risk, and it's easier to risk your own life than it is for your parent to watch you take risks. It's very, very hard for parents to see children doing things that aren't a solid path. I've been through that.
Lisa Edelstein
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How much more beautiful is the moon, Slanting down the gauffered branches of a plum-tree; The moon Wavering across a bed of tulips; The moon, Still, Upon your face. You shine, Beloved, You and the moon. But which is the reflection?
Amy Lowell
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Living in the fishbowl is hard enough without worrying about a Secret Service that can't keep mum.
Eleanor Clift
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What is initiative? I'll tell you: It is doing the right thing without being told.
Napoleon Hill
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To ride a bicycle properly is very like a love affair-chiefly it is a matter of faith. Believe you do it, and the thing is done; doubt, and, for the life of you, you cannot.
H. G. Wells
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There's always a mismatch between small entrepreneurial outfits and large companies, which often don't have the same outlook.
Walt Mossberg
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If someone is very upper-class, you have a stereotype of him which is probably true. If someone has a working-class accent, you have no idea who you're talking to.
Michael Caine
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Though justice be thy plea consider this, that in the course of justice none of us should see salvation.
William Shakespeare
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The day that man allows true love to appear, those things which are well made will fall into cofusion and will overturn everything we believe to be right and true.
Dante Alighieri
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True eloquence consists in saying all that should be said, and that only.
Francois de La Rochefoucauld
