Browne, Merry
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When you’re dying of thirst it’s too late to think about digging a well. -Proverb, Japanese
When you’re dying of thirst it’s too late to think about digging a well. -Proverb, Japanese
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital. -Emerson, Ralph Waldo
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"If we have echoes, those echoes step on top of the spoken word, and then you can’t understand it. And if you can’t understand the words here, there’s no reason for a convention." – Jack Randorff
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Only one’s foes mistake confidence and initiative for arrogance and foolhardiness. -Lesanjo, Stephen
Only one’s foes mistake confidence and initiative for arrogance and foolhardiness. -Lesanjo, Stephen
Stevens, Abel
Politeness is the art of choosing among one’s real thoughts. Stevens, Abel quotes
If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot. -Proverb, Italian
If you scatter thorns, don’t go barefoot. -Proverb, Italian
"Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep as Eternity; speech is shallow as Time." – Thomas Carlyle
“Under all speech that is good for anything there lies a silence that is better. Silence is deep …