The past is never dead. It's not even past.

William Faulkner

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It's better to be roughly right than precisely wrong.

John Maynard Keynes

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If only we wanted to be happy, it would be easy; but we want to be happier than other people, which is difficult, since we think them happier than they are.

Montesquieu 

 

The best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago. The second best time is now.

Chinese Proverb

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Things and actions are what they are, and the consequences of them will be what they will be: why then should we desire to be deceived?

Joseph Butler 

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A gold medal is a wonderful thing. But if you’re not enough without it, you’ll never be enough with it.

Irv Blitzer (Cool Runnings)

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The sun's rays only burn when brought to a focus.

Alexander Graham Bell

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Everybody is identical in their secret unspoken belief that way deep down they are different from everyone else.

David Foster Wallace

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If you want peace, prepare for war.

Sun Tzu

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If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster

And treat those imposters just the same.

Rudyard Kipling

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A good plan violently executed is better than a perfect plan next week.

George Patton

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Why become a second rate Ravel when you're already a first rate Gershwin? 

Maurice Ravel to George Gershwin

(after being asked for music lessons)