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[I]t is that we are too apt to despise what appears to be neither good nor beautiful, and thus we lose what is helpful and salutary.
The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.
Tell me and I'll forget, show me and I may remember, involve me and I'll learn.
If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.
When you see a good person, think of becoming like her/him. When you see someone not so good, reflect on your own weak points.
It is a wise man’s duty to save himself for to-morrow, and not risk everything on one day.
Well-meaning, helpful, good-natured attitudes of mind have not come to be honored on account of their usefulness, but because they are states of richer souls that are capable of bestowing and have their value in the feeling of the plenitude of life.