A poem begins in delight and ends in wisdom.
A poem begins in delight and ...
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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favorable.
What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.
A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on.
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In three words I can sum up everything I've learned about life: it goes on.
A mother takes twenty years to make a man of her boy, and another woman makes a fool of him in twenty minutes.
Time and tide wait for no man, but time always stands still for a woman of 30.
A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.
Freedom lies in being bold.
