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Homer, The Iliad
Even when someone battles hard, there is an equal portion for one who lingers behind, and in the same honor are held both the coward and the brave man; the idle man and he who has done much meet death alike.
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Abbe Dimnet
Children have to be educated, but they have also to be left to educate themselves.
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Albert Einstein
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler.
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H. A. Kramers
In the world of human thought generally, and in physical science particularly, the most important and fruitful concepts are those to which it is impossible to attach a well-defined meaning.
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James Arthur Baldwin
The sea rises, the light fails, lovers cling to each other, and children cling to us. The moment we cease to hold each other, the moment we break faith with one another, the sea engulfs us and the light goes out.
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Hermann Hesse
The best weapons against the infamies of life are courage, wilfulness and patience. Courage strenthens, wilfulness is fun and patience provides tranquility.
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Dr. Seuss
If you never did, you should. These things are fun and fun is good!
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Sir Winston Churchill
Statistics are like a drunk with a lampost: used more for support than illumination.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
In the highest civilization, the book is still the highest delight. He who has once known its satisfactions is provided with a resource against calamity.
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Lucille Ball
One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn't pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.
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I. F. Stone
If you live long enough, the venerability factor creeps in; first, you get accused of things you never did, and later, credited for virtues you never had.
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Napoleon Bonaparte, last words, 1821
Chief of the Army.
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