Charles Caleb
Charles Caleb
progress three-things vices
He that is good will infallibly become better, and he that is bad will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue, and time are three things that never stand still.
fitness flower health
Money is the most envied, but the least enjoyed. Health is the most enjoyed, but the least envied.
terrible formidable sensations
In death itself there can be nothing terrible, for the act of death annihilates sensation; but there are many roads to death, and some of them justly formidable, even to the bravest.
motivational best-friend friendship
True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.
generally greatest himself thinks wisest
He that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.
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He that is good, will infallibly become better, and he that is bad, will as certainly become worse; for vice, virtue and time are three things that never stand still.
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Nothing so completely baffles one who is full of trick and duplicity himself, than straightforward and simple integrity in another.
ability apply energies growing mental physical requisite success
The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary.
difference generally greatest happiest happiness himself thinks
There is this difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he that thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool.
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No man is wise enough, or good enough to be trusted with unlimited power.
becoming men others paradox prevents pride
There is this paradox in pride -- it makes some men ridiculous, but prevents others from becoming so.
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To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.