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We can learn much from wise words

  Image created by ChatGPT We can learn much from wise words, little from wisecracks, and less from wise guys. - William Arthur Ward Nature magically suits a man to his fortunes, by making them the fruit of his character. - Ralph Waldo Emerson In a mad world only the mad are sane. - Akira Kurosawa There is no abstract art. You must always start with something. Afterward you can remove all traces of reality. - Pablo Picasso It is no good to try to stop knowledge from going forward. Ignorance is never better than knowledge. - Enrico Fermi College isn't the place to go for ideas. - Helen Keller It does not matter how slowly you go so long as you do not stop. - Confucius Associate yourself with men of good quality if you esteem your own reputation, for 'tis better to be alone than in bad company. - George Washington Anything too stupid to be said is sung. - Voltaire There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people. - Muhammad Ali READ MORE NICE

Glory is fleeting...

  Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever. --Napoleon Bonaparte A good hockey player plays where the puck is. A great hockey player plays where the puck is going to be. --Wayne Gretzky The brain is a wonderful organ. It starts working the moment you get up in the morning and does not stop until you get into the office. --Robert Frost You can't have everything. Where would you put it? --Steven Wright Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy. --Groucho Marx I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him. --Galileo Galilei Where is human nature so weak as in the bookstore? --Henry Ward Beecher The truth is rarely pure and never simple. --Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest, 1895, Act I Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. --William Arthur Ward Live forever or die in the attempt. --Joseph Heller, Catch 22 READ MORE INTERESTING

When we do the best that we can

  Helen Keller When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. --Helen Keller Truth is what stands the test of experience. --Albert Einstein Life is like playing a violin in public and learning the instrument as one goes on. --Samuel Butler Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing himself. --Leo Tolstoy If you want to tell people the truth, make them laugh, otherwise they'll kill you. --Oscar Wilde A little Madness in the Spring Is wholesome even for the King. --Emily Dickinson, No. 1333 Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records. --William Arthur Ward In religion and politics, people's beliefs and convictions are in almost every case gotten at second hand, and without examination. --Mark Twain To obtain a man's opinion of you, make him mad. --Oliver Wendell Holmes Courage is doing what you're afraid to do. There can be no courage unless you're scared. - Eddie...