Men are born to succeed, not to fail.

Quote by Henry David Thoreau

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How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

How many a man has dated a new era in his life from the reading...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Music does bring people together. It allows us to experience the same emotions. People everywhere...

Faith never makes a confession.

Faith never makes a confession.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

If misery loves company, misery has company enough.

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

The government of the world I live in was not framed, like that of Britain,...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

There is danger that we lose sight of what our friend is absolutely, while considering...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Great men, unknown to their generation, have their fame among the great who have preceded...

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

Water is the only drink for a wise man.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

The savage in man is never quite eradicated.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It takes two to speak truth, one to speak and another to hear.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

It is characteristic of wisdom not to do desperate things.

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

Politics is the gizzard of society, full of grit and gravel, and the two political...

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

The most I can do for my friend is simply be his friend.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

We should distrust any enterprise that requires new clothes.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Those whom we can love, we can hate; to others we are indifferent.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

All men are children, and of one family. The same tale sends them all to...

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.

If we will be quiet and ready enough, we shall find compensation in every disappointment.