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exist glory lifetime longer surgeons talent whose
The glory of surgeons is like that of actors, who exist only in their lifetime and whose talent is no longer appreciable once they have disappeared.
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.