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experience lesson repeat school
One thing about the school of experience is that it will repeat the lesson if you flunk the first time.
lowering nobody others raises reputation
Nobody raises his own reputation by lowering others
boy knows man noble nobody wait worth
Nobody knows what a boy is worth. We'll have to wait and see. But every man in a noble place a boy once used to be.
words
Never use big words where a diminutive one will suffice.
impress obscurity people profundity speech stated thoroughly whatever
Never try to impress people with the profundity of your thought by the obscurity of your language. Whatever has been thoroughly thought through can be stated simply.
control ninety percent tend worry
Ninety percent of the things we tend to WORRY about we have no control over, so why worry about them?
bad lawyers percent rest
Ninety-nine percent of lawyers give the rest a bad name.
change minds nine people second ten time wrong
Nine out of ten people who change their minds are wrong the second time too.
ought revolution revolutions-and-revolutionaries second
On the first day of a revolution he is a treasure; on the second he ought to be shot.
business cure leisure people
Leisure for people of business, and business for people of leisure would cure many problems.
adventure spirit spirit-and-spirituality
Let the spirit of adventure set the tone.
life love sports
Love is nothing in tennis, but in life it's everything.
heartbreak late love mushroom poisonous sad-love until
Love is like a poisonous mushroom -- you don't know if it is the real thing until it is too late
love picking until wonder
Love is like a booger. You keep picking at it until you get it, then wonder what to do with it.