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desk laughing legal money night owner risks
I am laughing to think what risks you take to try to find money in a desk by night where the legal owner can never find any by day.
hatred inspires pity weakness
Hatred is a tonic, it makes one live, it inspires vengeance; but pity kills, it makes our weakness weaker.
exist ideas moral seen society upright
It is not enough to be an upright man, we must be seen to be one; society does not exist on moral ideas only
bed innocence proven single sleep slept songwriter sound
He went to bed and slept the sleep of the good-for-nothing which, by an anachronism not a single songwriter has yet struck, is proven to be more sound than that of innocence
defects
They must have the defects of their qualities.
cute-love face knows loves man open sailor woman women
A woman knows the face of the man she loves like a sailor knows the open sea.
beauty falling-in-love stupid
Nobody loves a woman because she is handsome or ugly, stupid or intelligent. We love because we love.
art history humanity religion
All humanity is passion; without passion, religion, history, novels, art would be ineffectual.
loaf science
To loaf is a science, to loaf is to live
teacher looks lessons
A courage which looks easy & yet is rare; the courage of a teacher repeating day after day the same lessons - the least rewarded of all forms of courage.
inspirational motivational helping-others
It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action.
inspirational willpower talent
There is no such thing as a great talent without great will power.
time compounds humans
All human power is a compound of time and patience.
gratitude heart men
Gratitude is a fool's word; we find it in the dictionary, but it is not in the heart of man.