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Horace Mann Quotes: If you can express yourself so as to be perfectly understood in ten words, never use a dozen.
         

If you can express yourself so as to be perfectly understood in ten words, never use a dozen.


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Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.

Lost, yesterday, somewhere between sunrise and sunset, two golden hours, each set with sixty diamond minutes. No reward is offered for they are gone forever.



Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.

Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.



To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.

To pity distress is but human; to relieve it is Godlike.



Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.

Let us not be content to wait and see what will happen, but give us the determination to make the right things happen.



Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.

Seek not greatness, but seek truth and you will find both.



I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.

I look upon Phrenology as the guide to philosophy and the handmaid of Christianity. Whoever disseminates true Phrenology is a public benefactor.



A house without books is like a room without windows.

A house without books is like a room without windows.



Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.

Be ashamed to die until you have won some victory for humanity.



A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.

A teacher who is attempting to teach without inspiring the pupil with a desire to learn is hammering on cold iron.



Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.

Do not think of knocking out another person's brains because he differs in opinion from you. It would be as rational to knock yourself on the head because you differ from yourself ten years ago.





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To know how to wait. It is the great secret of success.



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There is no substitute for milk. Sorry.

There is no substitute for milk. Sorry.



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My smile is my way of saying: "You can destroy my body, but not my soul.



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I see myself much more as a writer/director or at least an aspiring writer/director - not necessarily in film.



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Each time you fail, you have eliminated another wrong option.




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