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| To those whose talents are above mediocrity, the highest subjects may be announced. To those who are below mediocrity, the highest subjects may not be announced. - Confucius (551-479BC) Chinese Ethical Teacher, Philosopher |
| A cow may be drained dry; and if the Chancellors of the Exchequer persist in meeting every deficiency that occurs by taxing the brewing and distilling industries, they will inevitably kill the cow that lays the golden milk. - Sir Frederick Milner (1849~) British Politician |
| There can be no knowledge without emotion. We may be aware of a truth, yet until we have felt its force, it is not ours. To the cognition of the brain must be added the experience of the soul. - Enoch Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) English Novelist, Playwright, Essayist |
| He may justly be numbered among the benefactors of mankind, who contracts the great rules of life into short sentences, that may early be impressed on the memory, and taught by frequent recollection to occur habitually to the mind. - Samuel Johnson (1709-1784) English Author, Lexicographer |
| So may heaven's grace clear away the foam from the conscience, that the river of thy thoughts may roll limpid thenceforth. [It., Se toso grazia risolva le schiume Di vostra conscienza, si che chiaro Per essa scenda della mente il fiume] - Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) Italian Epic Poet, Philosopher |
| If, on the other hand, in the midst of difficulties we are always ready to seize an advantage, we may extricate ourselves from misfortune. - Sun Tzu (500BC) [Sunzi] Chinese Military Strategist, Philosopher |
| Leisure may be defined as free activity, labour as compulsory activity. Leisure does what it likes, labour does what it must, the compulsion being that of Nature, which in these latitudes leaves men no choice between labour and starvation. - George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950) Irish-born English Dramatist, Novelist, Critic |
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