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All for one, one for all.

Everyone is for me, and I am for everyone. ——[French] Dumas pére Alexandre Dumas

Other men live to eat, while I eat to live.

Others live to eat, while I eat to live. ——Socrates Socrates

Easy come, easy go.

What is easy to gain is also easy to lose. —— Hazlitt Hearst

Love rules his kingdom without a sword.

Love rules his kingdom without a sword. ——Herbert Herbert

We soon believe what we desire.

What we desire, we soon believe it to be true. —— Chaucer

The darkest hour is that before the dawn.

The darkest hour is that before the dawn. —— Fuller Fuller

The longest day has an end.

The saddest day also has an end. —— Howell

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass.

Living without an aim is like sailing without a compass. —— J. Ruskin

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.

A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush. —— Heywood

One swallow does not make a summer.

One swallow does not make a summer. —— Taverner Taverner

A man may lead a horse to the water, but he cannot make it drink.

A man may lead a horse to the river, but he cannot make it drink. Make it drink water. —— Heywood

One cannot eat one’s cake and have it.

One cannot eat one’s cake and have it in his hand. ——Davies

Time is money.

Time is money. ——Benjamin Franklin Franklin

Time and tide wait for no man.

Time waits for no man. —— Scott Scott

There is no rose without a thorn.

There is no rose without a thorn. —— Ray

Lookers-on see most of the game.

Lookers-on see most of the game. —— Smedley

Beggars cannot be choosers.

Beggars cannot be choosers. —— Heywood

First catch your hare.

First you must catch the rabbit, and then you can kill it. —— Thackeray

Victory won’t come to me unless I go to it.

Victory will not come to me, I must go to victory myself. —— M. Moore Moore

A great man is always willing to be little.

A great man is always willing to be a little person. —— R. W. Emerson Emerson

Cowards die many times before their deaths.

Cowards have experienced the horror of death many times before they die.

—— Julius Caesar

Anything one man can imagine, other men can make real.

But anything one man can imagine, other men can make it real. —— Jules Verne Verne

Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise. ——Benjamin Franklin Franklin

Life is just a series of trying to make up your mind.

Life is just a series of determined efforts. —— T. Fuller

Goals determine what you are going to be.

Goals determine what kind of person you will become. —— Julius Erving

All human wisdom is summed up in two words ?C wait and hope.

All human wisdom can be summed up in two words - wait and hope. —— Alexandre Dumas Pére (French writer)

It is not enough to be industrious, so are the ants. What are you industrious for?

Hardworking alone is not enough, Ants are also hardworking. It depends on what you are working hard for. —— H. D. Thoreau

You have to believe in yourself. That’s the secret of success.

People must believe in themselves, this is the secret of success. —— Charles Chaplin

Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom.

Nothing is more precious than independence and freedom. —— [Vietnam] Ho Chi Minh Ho Chi Minh

I like the dreams of the future better than the history of the past.

I do not cherish the past, but work on the future. dream. —— T. Jefferson (3rd President of the United States)

Money is round. It rolls away.

Round coins roll away easily. —— S. Aleichen Aleichen

We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it.

We must add as much as possible to life something rather than taking something from it. ——William Osler Osler

Life itself, without the assistance of colleges and universities, is becoming an advanced institution of learning.

Without the assistance of colleges and universities, life itself is becoming an advanced institution of learning. It is becoming an institution of higher learning. —— Thomas Alva Edison

Work while you work;

Play while you play;

This is the way;

To be cheerful and gay.

Work when you work,

Play when you have fun,

Do it this way,

Relax and have fun.

—— A. D. Stoddart Stoddart

English famous quotes

What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet.

< p> What does the name matter? The rose is not called a rose, but it still has the same fragrance. ——Shakespeare

There is but one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

The sublime and the ridiculous are only one step away. ——Napoleon

Even when the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken.

Even when all the experts all agree, they may well be mistaken. ——Bertrand Russell

Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest.

Sometimes the most urgent and vital thing you can possibly do is take a complete rest. ——Ashleigh Brilliant

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land.

Little drops of water, little grains of sand, make the mighty ocean and the pleasant land. Forming vast oceans and pleasant lands. ——Julia Carney

Even the weariest river winds somewhere safe to sea.

Even the most tired river, after twists and turns, will eventually reach the sea safely. ——Swinburne

The history of mankind is the history of ideas.

The history of mankind is the history of ideas. ——Ludwig Von Mises

To believe with certainty, we must begin with doubting.

To fully believe, we must begin with doubting. ——Stanislaus

Give a man a fish, and you feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, and you get rid of him on the weekends.

Give him one You can feed him fish for a day; teach him to fish and he won’t bother you again on weekends. ——Gary Apple

True science teaches, above all, to doubt and be ignorant.

True science teaches people first to doubt and to know their ignorance. ——Miguel de Unamuno

Truth has no special time of it's own. Its hour is now always.

Truth has no special time of it's own. Its time is always now. ——A.Schweitzer

Growing old is not upsetting; being perceived as old is.

Getting older is not scary, the scary thing is that people feel older and older. ——Kenny Rogers

Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.

If there are no libraries, what do we have? We have no past and no future. ——Kay Bradbury

Scientific knowledge aims at being wholly impersonal.

Scientific knowledge aims at being completely impersonal.

——Bertrand Russell

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood.

Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood. ——Marie Curie

Truth is beautiful. Withoutdoubt; and so are lies.

Truth is beautiful. Withoutdoubt; and so are lies.

——Emerson.

English famous quotes

Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.

Nature never deceives us, deceives Ours is often ourselves. ——Rousseau

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past. ——Burke

Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.

Time is a versatile performer. It can spread its wings and fly, it can stride forward, it can heal wounds, it can fade away, and it can reveal the truth. ——Franklin P.Jones

The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.

Of all the influences upon the mind, nature The impact can be said to be the earliest in time and the most important in function. ——Emerson

Death…is no more than passing from one room into another.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. ——Helen Keller

Important principles may and must be flexible.

Important principles can and must be flexible. ——Abraham Lincoln

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer. question, and then embarked on the road to the appropriate answer. ——Jacob Bronowski

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. slaves, and the danger in the future is that humans may become robots. ——Erich Fromm

Nature never deceives us; it is always us who deceive ourselves.

Nature will never deceive us, it is often ourselves who deceive us. ——Rousseau

You can never plan the future by the past.

You can never plan the future by the past. ——Burke

Time is a versatile performer. It flies, marches on, heals all wounds, runs out and will tell.

Time is a versatile performer. It can spread its wings and fly, it can stride forward, it can heal wounds, it can fade away, and it can reveal the truth.

——Franklin P.Jones

The first in time and the first in importance of the influences upon the mind is that of nature.

Of all the influences upon the mind, nature The impact can be said to be the earliest in time and the most important in function. ——Emerson

Death…is no more than passing from one room into another.

Death is no more than passing from one room into another. ——Helen Keller

Important principles may and must be flexible.

Important principles can and must be flexible. ——Abraham Lincoln

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer.

That is the essence of science: ask an impertinent question, and you are on the way to the pertinent answer. question, and then embarked on the road to the appropriate answer. ——Jacob Bronowski

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. The danger of the future is that men may become robots.

The danger of the past was that men became slaves. slaves, and the danger in the future is that humans may become robots. ——Erich Fromm

Knowledge is a treasure, but practice is the key to it.

Knowledge is a treasure house, but practice is the key to the door of the treasure house. ——Fuller

The Golden Rule is that there are no golden rules.

The real golden rule is that there are no golden rules. ——G.B.Shaw

The lover of nature is he whose inward and outward senses are still truly adjusted to each other; who has retained the spirit of infancy even into the era of manhood.

People who love nature feel harmonious internally and externally, retaining their childlike innocence even into adulthood. ——Emerson

Ten men banded together in love can do what ten thousand separately would fail in.

Ten men banded together in love can do what ten thousand separately would fail in. Things that can’t be accomplished. —— Thomas Carlyle

Imagination is not to be divorced from the facts.

Imagination should not be divorced from reality. ——A.N. Whitehead

There are two sides to every story ... at least.

Every story can be seen from two sides, at least two sides. ——Ann Landers

Today is not yesterday. We ourselves change. How then can our works and thoughts, if they are always to be fittest, continue always the same?

Today is different Yesterday. We ourselves are changing too.

So, if we want our writings and thoughts to never become outdated, how can we never change? —— Thomas Carlyle

Love alone can release the power of the atom so it will work for man and not against him.

Only love can make the power of the atom benefit mankind, not Harmful to humans.

——W. A. ??Peterson