
During their lifetimes, every man and woman will stumble across a great opportunity. Sadly, most of them will simply pick themselves up, dust themselves down and carry on as if nothing ever happened.
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Even the most eminent persons are subject to the laws of gravity.
Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome.
A man can wear out a particular part of his mind by continually using it and tiring it, just in the same way as he can wear out the elbows of his coat.
A lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.
Before you can inspire with emotion, you must be swamped with it yourself. Before you can move their tears, your own must flow. To convince them, you must yourself, believe.
We are all functioning at a small fraction of our capacity.
A communist is like a crocodile: when it opens its mouth you cannot tell whether it is trying to smile or preparing to eat you up.
First casualty of war, is the truth.
It is not given to human beings, happily for them, for otherwise life would be intolerable, to foresee or to predict to any large extent the unfolding course of events.
If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.