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There are but very few men clever enough to know all the mischief they do.

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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. Old age is not a matter for sorrow. It is matter for thanks if we have left our work done behind us.
  • 2. The young people have MTV and rock and roll. Why would they go to read poetry? Poetry belongs to the Stone Age. It awakens in us perceptions that go back to those times.
  • 3. A woman my age is not supposed to be attractive or sexually appealing. I just get kinda tired of that.

2 Amazing

  • 1. I spend a good portion of my dinner-party conversation defending America because no matter what the political agenda it's still a fantastic amazing place.
  • 2. I have an amazing relationship with my wife but sometimes there are arguments. It happens.
  • 3. There are amazing schools and amazing educators that are doing a wonderful job. And then there are a lot of educators that are not prepared to deal with inclusive education. They haven't been trained. It's really quite lovely and easy when you understand how to do it.

3 Anger

  • 1. The one who cannot restrain their anger will wish undone what their temper and irritation prompted them to do.
  • 2. The intoxication of anger like that of the grape shows us to others but hides us from ourselves.
  • 3. The ignorant mind with its infinite afflictions passions and evils is rooted in the three poisons. Greed anger and delusion.

4 Anniversary

  • 1. You will reciprocally promise love loyalty and matrimonial honesty. We only want for you this day that these words constitute the principle of your entire life and that with the help of divine grace you will observe these solemn vows that today before God you formulate.
  • 2. The bonds of matrimony are like any other bonds – they mature slowly.
  • 3. This anniversary serves to help remind the American people that in the wake of one of the greatest political scandals and misuse of power in our history as a nation scandal produced important reforms that served this nation well for two decades.

5 Architecture

  • 1. There is a powerful need for symbolism and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart. There is a powerful need for symbolism and that means the architecture must have something that appeals to the human heart.
  • 2. Does an architecture to assuage the spirit have a place?
  • 3. For many years I have lived uncomfortably with the belief that most planning and architectural design suffers for lack of real and basic purpose. The ultimate purpose it seems to me must be the improvement of mankind.
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