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The only certainty is that nothing is certain. (Pliny the Elder)
In a well-governed country, speak boldly and act boldly. In a country where lawlessness prevails, let your actions be bold but your speech tactful. View quote
Confucius
Blessed are those who can give without remembering and take without forgetting. View quote
A person who creates habits of hard work in their children provides for them much better than by leaving them an inheritance. View quote
Much speech is one thing, well-timed speech is another. View quote
Sophocles
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more value than silence. View quote
Pythagoras
Impudence is the worst of all human diseases. View quote
Euripides
No one loves his country for its size or eminence, but because it's his own. View quote
Seneca
Worry less. Pray more. Discuss less. Forgive more. Judge less. Love more. View quote
When a wise person gets angry, he sits down and remains silent to calm his heart, so that anger does not take over him-allowing him to remain the master of himself. View quote
Nectarios of Aegina
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. (Marlene Dietrich)
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. View quote
Oscar Wilde
Compassion is sorrow for someone else's misfortune; envy is sorrow for someone else's happiness. View quote
Plutarch
There's nothing in the world so demoralizing as money. View quote
Sophocles
The soul needs neither bread nor salt... One kind word is enough to nourish it. View quote
If I have seen further than others, it is by standing upon the shoulders of giants. View quote
Isaac Newton
What do we live for, if not to make life less difficult for each other? View quote
George Eliot
Work saves us from three great evils: boredom, vice and need. View quote
Voltaire
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear. View quote
Thucydides
The illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn. (Alvin Toffler)
If you knew how quickly people would forget you after your death, you would not seek in your life to please anyone but God. View quote
John Chrysostom
What truly matters isn't the size of the house, but the happiness and love that fill the home. View quote
No one knows when we are saying goodbye for the last time. So cherish every moment. View quote
Most people do not really want freedom, because freedom involves responsibility, and most people are frightened of responsibility. View quote
Sigmund Freud