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gives preach virtues wealth
Wealth is what gives you the right to preach about the virtues of poverty.
asking becomes foolish questions stopped until
There are no foolish questions and no one becomes a fool until they have stopped asking questions.
dream happiness lived today tomorrow vision yesterday
Yesterday is but a dream, and tomorrow is only a vision, but today well lived makes every yesterday a dream of happiness and every tomorrow a vision of hope.
elbow fails imagination language teach thoughts waiting words
When thoughts fails of words, they find imagination waiting at their elbow to teach a new language without words.
kinds people quiet speakers-and-speaking talk
There are two kinds of people who don't say much, those who are quiet and those who talk a lot.
across common convey empires languages life mental period precious safely sail shipwreck suffered time treasures words
Words convey the mental treasures of one period to the generations that follow; and laden with this, their precious freight, they sail safely across gulfs of time in which empires have suffered shipwreck and the languages of common life have sunk into oblivion.
bids bit braver brother faults harder less neighbor praise serve strive striving temptation
Let me be a little kinder, Let me be a little blinder To the faults about me; Let me praise a little more, Let me be, when I am weary; Just a little bit more cheery, Let me serve a little better Those that I am striving for. Let me be a little braver When temptation bids me waver, Let me strive a little harder To be all that I should be; Let me be a little meeker to the brother that is weaker; Let me think more of my neighbor and a little less of me.
discovered educated finally man nobody questions
An educated man is one who has finally discovered that there are some questions to which nobody has the answer.
cannon mouth safer woman women
The mouth of a cannon is safer that the mouth of a woman scorned.
speakers-and-speaking
He who does not say too much has too much to say.
erased spoken word words written
The written word can be erased -- not so with the spoken word.
ideals ideas thoughts-and-thinking
Some have half-baked ideas because their ideals are not heated up enough.
adulation great ready wealth
Adulation is the ever ready attendant to great wealth.
conquest master self self-knowledge
Know yourself, master yourself, conquest of self is most gratifying.