When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every day a little, suddenly the work will finish itself.

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You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the...

You can't change the past, but you can ruin the present by worrying about the...

I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no...

I don't believe in evil, I believe only in horror. In nature there is no...

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far...

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far...

Dont count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.

Dont count every hour in the day, make every hour in the day count.

I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the...

I think it will be truly glorious when women become real people and have the...

A great artist is never poor.

A great artist is never poor.

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from...

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from...

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a...

All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story or tell a...

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.

The cure for anything is salt water: sweat, tears or the sea.

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful...

Difficult times have helped me to understand better than before, how infinitely rich and beautiful...

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far...

God made the world round so we would never be able to see too far...

Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must...

Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must...

Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does.

Who tells a finer tale than any of us. Silence does.

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from...

Love, with very young people, is a heartless business. We drink at that age from...

I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the...

I do not know if you remember the tale of the girl who saves the...

Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it...

Man reaches the highest point of lovableness at 12 to 17 - to get it...

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

Age is a matter of feeling, not of years.

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect...

The most important function of the university in an age of reason is to protect...

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting...

Not just in commerce but in the world of ideas too our age is putting...

I find it hard living in a day and age where people are unwilling to...

I find it hard living in a day and age where people are unwilling to...

I only go to work on days that don't end in a 'y'.

I only go to work on days that don't end in a 'y'.