When young, one is confident to be able to build palaces for mankind, but when the time comes one has one's hands full just to be able to remove their trash.
When young, one is confident ...
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Knowing is not enough; we must apply. Willing is not enough; we must do.
Just trust yourself, then you will know how to live.
The really unhappy person is the one who leaves undone what they can do, and starts doing what they don't understand; no wonder they come to grief.
What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.
A man sees in the world what he carries in his heart.