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Every horse thinks its own pack heaviest
Care and diligence bring luck
A small demerit extinguishes a long service
Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently
The eye of the master will do more work than both his hands
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided
If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?
The end of labor is to gain leisure
All paid jobs absorb and degrade the mind
In action a great heart is the chief qualification. In work, a great head
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On Anger: "For every minute you remain angry, you give up sixty seconds of peace of mind."
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On Destiny: "Our destiny exercises its influence over us even when, as yet, we have not learned its nature: it is our future that lays down the law of our today."
Human, All Too Human
Human, All Too Human
On Friendship: "A crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no love."
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