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If one does not know to which port one is sailing, no wind is favourable.

Seneca the Younger

Long ago, Ben Graham taught me that Price is what you pay; value is what you get. Whether we're talking about socks or stocks, I like buying quality merchandise when it is marked down.

It is with the mind that we amuse ourselves, but with the heart we never weary.

Alexandre Dumas

Faith is the bird that feels the light
and sings when the dawn is still dark.

Rabindranath Tagore

No one can make you feel inferior without your consent.

Eleanor Roosevelt

If an injury has to be done to a man it should be so severe that his vengeance need not be feared.

Variant translation: Therefore the injury that is to be done to a man ought to be of such a kind that one does not stand in fear of revenge.

Niccolò Machiavelli

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If you see what is right and fail to act on it, you lack courage.

I have a heart with room for every joy.

Life was meant to be lived, and curiosity must be kept alive.

A great change in life is like a cold bath in winter — we all hesitate at the first plunge.

If you want work well done, select a busy man‚ the other kind has no time.

The enemy of a love is never outside, it's not a man or woman, it's what we lack in ourselves.