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Frank Ball writing in his study

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Frankisms

Short truths, collected over a lifetime of writing and teaching. Read a few, or lose an afternoon.

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  • You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all the time. — Abraham Lincoln

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  • You cannot put the same shoe on every foot. — Publilius Syrus (First Century BC), Maxim 596

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  • You cannot shake hands with a clenched fist. — Golda Meir

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  • You cannot teach a man anything; you can only help him find it within himself. — Galileo

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  • You must pay the price if you wish to secure the blessings. — Andrew Jackson

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  • You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view. — Harper Lee

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  • You probably wouldn’t worry about what people think of you if you knew how seldom they do. — Olin Miller

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  • You will gain better mastery of yourself when you are able to separate yourself from what you feel. — Robert Fritz

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  • Your living is determined not so much by what life brings to you as by the attitude you bring to life. — John Homer Miller

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  • Youth is the gift of nature, but age is a work of art. — Garson Kanin

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  • The only things we spend time and money on are things that we believe are worth more than they cost. — Seth Godin

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  • Quitting is not accepting challenge, and without the acceptance of challenge, opportunity will not knock. — Tom Sullivan

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  • The expectation of failure overwhelms the possibility of success. — Tom Sullivan

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