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Lao-Tzu:The softest things in the world overcome


The softest things in the world overcome the hardest things in the world.
by Lao-Tzu


Tacitus:Old things are always in good repute,


Old things are always in good repute, present things in disfavor.
by Tacitus


Douglas Pike:Success provides more opportunities


Success provides more opportunities to say things than the number of things a pundit has worth saying.
by Douglas Pike


Seneca:The good things of prosperity are to be


The good things of prosperity are to be wished; but the good things that belong to adversity are to be admired.
by Seneca


Abraham Cowley:Poverty wants some, luxury many,


Poverty wants some, luxury many, and avarice all things.
by Abraham Cowley


English Proverb:In a cat's eye, all things


In a cat's eye, all things belong to cats.
by English Proverb


Samuel Johnson:Many things difficult to design


Many things difficult to design prove easy to performance.
by Samuel Johnson


Alphonse Karr:The more things change, the more


The more things change, the more they remain the same.
by Alphonse Karr


Titus Livius:We fear things in proportion to our


We fear things in proportion to our ignorance of them.
by Titus Livius


Ovid:Courage conquers all things: it even gives


Courage conquers all things: it even gives strength to the body.
by Ovid


Leon Trotsky:Old age is the most unexpected of


Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.
by Leon Trotsky


Vergil:Age carries all things away, even the


Age carries all things away, even the mind.
by Vergil


Giordano Bruno:God is the universal substance in


God is the universal substance in existing things. He comprises all things. He is the fountain of all being. In Him exists everything that is.
by Giordano Bruno


Heraclitus:Couples are wholes and not wholes,


Couples are wholes and not wholes, what agrees disagrees, the concordant is discordant. From all things one and from one all things.
by Heraclitus


Johann Von Schiller:Only those who have the


Only those who have the patience to do simple things perfectly will acquire the skill to do difficult things easily.
by Johann Von Schiller


George Bernard Shaw:You see things; and you say


You see things; and you say "Why?" But I dream things that never were; and I say "Why not?"
by George Bernard Shaw


Chatham:Moderation, which consists in an


Moderation, which consists in an indifference about little things, and in a prudent and well-proportioned zeal about things of importance, can proceed from nothing but true knowledge, which has its foundation in self-acquaintance.
by Chatham


Malcolm Forbes:When things are bad, we take


When things are bad, we take comfort in the thought that they could always be worse. And when they are, we find hope in the thought that things are so bad that they have to get better.
by Malcolm Forbes


Oliver J. Hart:Give us the fortitude to endure


Give us the fortitude to endure the things which cannot be changed, and the courage to change the things which should be changed, and the wisdom to know one from the other.
by Oliver J. Hart


Lucretius:We cannot conceive of matter being


We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from...Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.
by Lucretius


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