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He that does good to another does good also to himself.
Seneca
In school, we first learn the lessons and then take the test. In life, it's the opposite – first comes the test, and then we learn the lesson.
Unfortunately... Often, when we are kind, we are not remembered, but when we are bad, we are never forgotten...
Happy is the one who has learned to admire, not to envy.
Nature has given to men one tongue, but two ears, that we may hear from others twice as much as we speak.
Epictetus
Falling down is not a failure. Failure comes when you stay where you have fallen.
Socrates
One should attend to one's enemies, for they are the first persons to detect one's errors.
Antisthenes
In anger we should refrain both from speech and action.
Pythagoras
Most people, in fact, will not take the trouble in finding out the truth, but are much more inclined to accept the first story they hear.
Thucydides
If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.
Mark Twain
One father is more than a hundred schoolmasters.
George Herbert
Everything has beauty, but not everyone sees it.
Confucius
Whatever you are, be a good one.
Abraham Lincoln
A true man hates no one.
Napoleon Bonaparte
He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have.
Socrates
It's easy to look sharp when you haven't done any work.
Being with no one is better than being with the wrong one. Sometimes those who fly solo have the strongest wings.
When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace.
Jimi Hendrix
Men exist for the sake of one another.
Marcus Aurelius
Forget injuries, never forget kindnesses.
Confucius
If people could realize that we are merely passing through this Earth... That we are guests here... That every meeting with an acquaintance or a friend could be the last, they would be more humble and less cruel.
A truly rich man is one whose children will run into his arms when his hands are empty.
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