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The best men in all ages keep classic traditions alive


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Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.



To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.

To be interested in the changing seasons is a happier state of mind than to be hopelessly in love with spring.



Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.

Do not have evil-doers for friends, do not have low people for friends: have virtuous people for friends, have for friends the best of men.



There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.

There is no cure for birth and death save to enjoy the interval.



The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.

The passions grafted on wounded pride are the most inveterate; they are green and vigorous in old age.



Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.

Each religion, by the help of more or less myth, which it takes more or less seriously, proposes some method of fortifying the human soul and enabling it to make its peace with its destiny.



Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.

Intelligence is quickness in seeing things as they are.



Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.

Experience seems to most of us to lead to conclusions, but empiricism has sworn never to draw them.



Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.

Man is a gregarious animal, and much more so in his mind than in his body. He may like to go alone for a walk, but he hates to stand alone in his opinions.



The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.

The Difficult is that which can be done immediately; the Impossible that which takes a little longer.





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As we work together as a team, God grows our dreams into something greater than we can accomplish alone.

As we work together as a team, God grows our dreams into something greater than we can accomplish alone.



Progress should never be impeded by a need to coddle adults who respond to the world as children.

Progress should never be impeded by a need to coddle adults who respond to the world as children.



don't fly too close to the sun, " Tess Calls. "you'll burn the tips of your wings. Stay right with me. i'll keep you safe.

don't fly too close to the sun, " Tess Calls. "you'll burn the tips of your wings. Stay right with me. i'll keep you safe.



To preserve his life, should a man pay everything that gives it color, scent and excitement?

To preserve his life, should a man pay everything that gives it color, scent and excitement?



I love my kids so much. They teach me something every day. It always brings richness to my work, and even more in life. I feel lucky to be able to do both.

I love my kids so much. They teach me something every day. It always brings richness to my work, and even more in life. I feel lucky to be able to do both.



Right now someone out there is struggling and starting to panic because they can't get out of a tempurpedic bed.

Right now someone out there is struggling and starting to panic because they can't get out of a tempurpedic bed.



I hate clowns. You can't see what they're thinking.

I hate clowns. You can't see what they're thinking.



I've taken care of it," I said My father looked at me, shocked. Then I realized "taken care of" had a very specific meaning in his line of work. "No, no, I mean he's gone.

I've taken care of it," I said My father looked at me, shocked. Then I realized "taken care of" had a very specific meaning in his line of work. "No, no, I mean he's gone.



A rebellion is something that is developing as an explosion coming out of the righteous grievances of a community of people.

A rebellion is something that is developing as an explosion coming out of the righteous grievances of a community of people.



After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution.

After the end of the Second World War it was a categorical imperative for us to declare that we renounced war forever in a central article of the new Constitution.




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