Thedifference between

Thedifference between
Thedifference between the right word and the almost right word is the differencebetween lightning and a lightning bug.
  

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No one is free who does not Lord over himself.
Themost intense conflicts, if overcome, leave behind a sense of security andcalm that is not easily disturbed. It is just these intense conflicts andtheir conflagration which are needed to produce valuable and lasting results.
Tofight fear, act. To increase fear wait, put off, postpone.
Health and Cheerfulness mutually begets each other.
If you are patient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.
Peoplewho are too concerned with how well they are doing will be less successfuland feel less competent than those who focus on the task itself... Somepsychologists call it a conflict between egoorientation,or between extrinsic and intrinsic motivation…
A Habit is a shirt made of iron.
Myfather said: you must never try to make all the money that's in a deal. Letthe other fellow make some money too, because if you have a reputation foralways making all the money, you won't have many deals.
Conflictis the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. Itinstigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplikepassivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
Few things are harder to pus up with than the annoyance of a good example.
Thedays are too short even for love; how can there be enough time for quarreling?
A miserand a liar bargain quickly.