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Well done is better than well said.
Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard’s Almanack (1737)
…but a good book is the precious life-blood of a master spirit…
John Milton
Areopagitica (1644)
The Brain — is wider than the Sky —
Emily Dickinson
Poem 598 ("The Brain—is wider than the Sky—"), c. 1862
Can anything be sadder than work left unfinished? Yes: work never begun.
Christina Rossetti
Time Flies (1885)
I will not follow where the path may lead, but I will go where there is no path, and I will leave a trail.
Muriel Strode
“Wind-Wafted Wild Flowers,” Open Court magazine (1903)
Defeat is not the worst of failures. Not to have tried is the true failure.
George Edward Woodberry
Wendell Phillips: The Faith of an American (1912), p. 44
To be great is to be misunderstood.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Essays: First Series — “Self-Reliance” (1841)
Nothing so needs reforming as other people’s habits.
Mark Twain
The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, Chapter XV — “The Robber Robbed” (1894)
When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
Mark Twain
The Tragedy of Pudd’nhead Wilson, Chapter X — “The Nymph Revealed” (1894)
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Well Done Is Better Than Well Said
Well Done Is Better Than Well Said
A Good Book Is the Precious Life-Blood
The Brain Is Wider Than the Sky
The Unbegun
Leave a Trail
Not to Have Tried
To Be Great Is to Be Misunderstood
Other People’s Habits
When Very Angry, Swear