He who tip-toes cannot stand; he who strides cannot walk.

Quote by Jean De La Bruyere

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If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

If some persons died, and others did not die, death would be a terrible affliction.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

They that have lived a single day have lived an age.

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money,...

Nothing more clearly shows how little God esteems his gift to men of wealth, money,...

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty

Two quite opposite qualities equally bias our minds - habits and novelty

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Out of difficulties grow miracles.

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

Children enjoy the present because they have neither a past nor a future.

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue...

There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue...

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to...

Man has but three events in his life: to be born, to live, and to...

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are...

There are three stages in a person's life, birth, their life and death. They are...

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

A pious man is one who would be an atheist if the king were.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

One mark of a second-rate mind is to be always telling stories.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men

It's motive alone that gives character to the actions of men

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

Everything has been said, and we are more than seven thousand years of human thought...

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

Two persons cannot long be friends if they cannot forgive each other's little failings.

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry,...

There are certain things in which mediocrity is not to be endured, such as poetry,...

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely...

One seeks to make the loved one entirely happy, or, if that cannot be, entirely...

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better...

A man can keep another's secret better than his own. A woman her own better...

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.

The sweetest of all sounds is that of the voice of the woman we love.