The secret of success is that
it is not the absence of failure,
but the absence of envy.
(Herodotus.)
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Plato. “He who does not desire…”
He who does not desire power
is fit to hold it.
(Plato.)
Kahlil Gibran. “Friendship is always…”
Friendship is always a sweet responsibility,
never an opportunity.
(Kahlil Gibran, The Collected Works.)
Hippocrates. “The physician treats,…”
The physician treats,
but nature heals.
(Hippocrates.)
Confucius. “Everything has beauty,…”
Everything has beauty,
but not everyone sees it.
(Confucius.)
Daily quote: Dostojevsky, «The degree of civilization…»
The degree of civilization in a society
can be judged by entering its prisons.
(Dostoyevsky: The house of the dead.)
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Daily quote: I am escaped…
Daily quote: Homer, «Welcome…»
Welcome the coming,
speed the parting guest.
(Homer: Odyssey.)
Victor Hugo, «To love…»
To love is to act.
(Victor Hugo: Last words in his diary.)
Victor Hugo, «One resists…»
One resists the invasion of armies;
one can’t resist the invasion of ideas.
(Victor Hugo: The history of a crime.)