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Most people know no other way of judging men's worth but by the vogue they are in or the fortunes they have met with.

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Courage,

Author:

Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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Category: Courage

Authors

A. A. MilneA. B. YehoshuaA. Bartlett GiamattiA. C. BensonA. E. HousmanA. E. van VogtA. J. JacobsA. J. LangerA. J. LieblingA. J. McLean

Topics Index

1 Age

  • 1. How incessant and great are the ills with which a prolonged old age is replete.
  • 2. A newspaper is lumber made malleable. It is ink made into words and pictures. It is conceived born grows up and dies of old age in a day.
  • 3. One problem with age is that patience begins to ebb.

2 Amazing

  • 1. Youth is an amazing thing: I think back on when we did The Lost Boys and I didn't think I could do anything wrong.
  • 2. I know so many amazing actors who don't get work… and then there are a bunch of real duds that work all the time. The industry is just not fair in that way.
  • 3. We have an amazing fan base all around the world that love 40FT.

3 Anger

  • 1. I've chosen my wedding ring large and heavy to continue forever. But exactly because of that all the time that Dave and I have an argument I feel it like handcuffs and on anger time I throw it in a basket. Poor Dave he bought me three wedding rings already!
  • 2. Anger is a good motivator.
  • 3. I like people and get along and I'm afraid to express my anger and my rage.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. 1 month ago the American people stopped to remember the third anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq war. We thought first and foremost of the selflessness patriotism and heroism by our troops our National Guard and Reserves.
  • 2. I think you have to be willing to take a bullet for somebody if you're going to stand up there take your vows and be married to them for the rest of your life.
  • 3. The secret of a happy marriage is finding the right person. You know they're right if you love to be with them all the time.

5 Architecture

  • 1. A house is a machine for living in.
  • 2. No architecture is so haughty as that which is simple.
  • 3. The dialogue between client and architect is about as intimate as any conversation you can have because when you're talking about building a house you're talking about dreams.
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