There's no credit in not doing what you don't want to do. There's no virtue in not falling, when you're not tempted.

Quote by Gilbert Parker

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Tomorrow is no man's gift.

Tomorrow is no man's gift.

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

Memory is man's greatest friend and worst enemy.

Every shot that kills ricochets.

Every shot that kills ricochets.

For when a child is born the mother also is born again.

For when a child is born the mother also is born again.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

It is not the broken heart that kills, but broken pride, monseigneur.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

Love knows not distance; it hath no continent; its eyes are for the stars.

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying...

But paying is part of the game of life: it is the joy of buying...

Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing...

Man is born in a day, and he dies in a day, and the thing...

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps...

He came by a leap to the goal of purpose, not by the toilsome steps...

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.

Nothing is so unproductive as the law. It is expensive whether you win or lose.

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

There is no influence like the influence of habit.

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

Imagination is at the root of much that passes for love.

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.

He knew the lie of silence to be as evil as the lie of speech.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

The real business of life is trying to understand each other.

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our...

There is no refuge from memory and remorse in this world. The spirits of our...

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are...

It's the people who try to be clever who never are; the people who are...

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

War is cruelty, and none can make it gentle.

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may...

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may...

She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody...

She belongs to a race of delightful women, who never do any harm, whom everybody...

Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own,...

Every man should have laws of his own, I should think; commandments of his own,...