“Work as if you were to live a hundred years. Pray as if you were to die tomorrow.”
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Genius without education is like silver in the mine.
Those who govern, having much business on their hands, do not generally like to take the trouble of considering and carrying into execution new projects. The best public measures are therefore seldom adopted from previous wisdom, but forced by the occasion.
Laws too gentle are seldom obeyed too severe, seldom executed.
I wake up every morning at nine and grab for the morning paper. Then I look at the obituary page. If my name is not on it, I get up.
