You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair.

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Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

Learning is like rowing upstream; not to advance is to drop back

So long as a man is angry he cannot be in the right

So long as a man is angry he cannot be in the right

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

One joy shatters a hundred griefs

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

He who sacrifices his conscience to ambition burns a picture to obtain the ashes

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

If you wish to know the mind of a man, listen to his words.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

Beauty is the wisdom of women. Wisdom is the beauty of men.

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have...

When you belong to a minority, you have to be better in order to have...

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

The greatest conqueror is he who overcomes the enemy without a blow

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art

To open a shop is easy, to keep it open is an art

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll...

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion

A wise man makes his own decisions, an ignorant man follows public opinion

Sorrow is the child of too much joy

Sorrow is the child of too much joy

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a...

If you are planning for a year, sow rice; if you are planning for a...

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting

It is harder to be poor without complaining than to be rich without boasting

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but...

Pleasure for one hour, a bottle of wine. Pleasure for one year a marriage; but...

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

If you get up one more time than you fall you will make it through.

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Time dissipates to shining ether the solid angularity of facts

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

Distance tests a horse's strength. Time reveals a person's character.

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...

If time is precious, no book that will not improve by repeated reading deserves to...