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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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“Many strokes overthrow the tallest oaks. — John Lyly (c. 15541606), Euphues: The Anataomy of Wit. Arber’s reprint, 81”
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“Men will lie on their backs, talking about the fall of man, and never make an effort to get up. — Henry David Thoreau (18171862), Life Without Principle [1863]”
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“Morality cannot be legislated, but behavior can be regulated. Judicial decrees may not change the heart, but they can restrain the heartless. — Martin Luther King Jr”
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“Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can be felt only if you don’t set any conditions. — Arthur Rubinstein”
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“Most people will choose unhappiness over uncertainty. — Timothy Ferriss”
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“My religion consists of a humble admiration of the illimitable superior spirit who reveals himself in the slight details we are able to perceive with our frail and feeble minds. — Albert Einstein”
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“Nature is the living, visible garment of God. — Goethe”
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“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power. — Abraham Lincoln”
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“Never deprive someone of hope. It might be all they have. — H. Jackson Brown Jr”
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“Never quit on a bad day. — Jerry Cleaver”
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“Never risk what you can’t afford to lose. — H. Jackson Brown Jr”
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“Never spend your money before you have it. — Thomas Jefferson”
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“Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity. — George S. Patton Jr”
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“No Christian has ever been known to recant on his death bed. — C.M. Ward”
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“No matter how much you might like the ideal of loving yourself, in reality you may sometimes love yourself, and other times not. The attempts to change this are based on a myth: that people are obligated to love themselves. — Robert Fritz”
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“No one can make you feel inferior without your consent. — Eleanor Roosevelt”
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“No one ever graduates from Bible study until he meets its Author face to face. — Everett Harris”
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“No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave. — Calvin Coolidge”
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“No warning can save a people determined to grow suddenly rich. — Lord Overstone”
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“Noble deeds that are concealed are most esteemed. — Blaise Pascal”
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“Noise proves nothing. Often a hen who has merely laid an egg cackles as if she laid an asteroid. — Mark Twain”
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“Not everything that is faced can be changed. But nothing can be changed until it is faced. — James Baldwin”
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“Nothing is easier than self-deceit. For what each man wishes, that he also believes to be true. — Demosthenes (384-322 BC), Third Olynthiac, sec 19”
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“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs. — Henry Ford”
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“Nothing will ever be attempted if all possible objections must first be removed. — Samuel Johnson”
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“Of all the systems of morality, ancient and modern, which have come under my observation, none appear so pure to me as that of Jesus. — Thomas Jefferson”
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“Oh, what a tangled web we weave, when first we practice to deceive! — Sir Walter Scott (17711832), Marmion, VI, introduction, st. 17”
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“One half of knowing what you want is knowing what you must give up before you get it. — Sidney Howard”
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“One of our biggest problems is rooted in our flawed belief that simply investing time in the things we care about will generate a positive return. — Jim Loehr”
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“One of the great disadvantages of hurry is that it takes such a long time. — G. K. Chesterton”
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“One of the most lasting pleasures you can experience is the feeling that comes over you when you genuinely forgive an enemy—whether he knows it or not. — O. A. Battista”
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“One thing I know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who will have sought and found how to serve. — Albert Schweitzer”
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“One thorn of experience is worth a whole wilderness of warning. — James Russell Lowell”
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“Order marches with weighty and measured strides; disorder is always in a hurry. — Napoleon Bonaparte”
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“Our culture is so individualistic and wired for success that we often miss the point of life. — Jeff Goins”
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“Our opinion of people depends less upon what we see in them than upon what they make us see in ourselves. — Sarah Grand”
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“Pain is what it took to teach me to pay attention. — Julia Cameron”
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“Patience is something you admire in the driver behind you and scorn in the one ahead. — Mac McCleary”
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“People are to be loved. Things are to be used. — Reuel Howe”
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“People don’t ask for facts in making up their minds. They would rather have one good, soul-satisfying emotion than a dozen facts. — Keith Leavitt”
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