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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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“A leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte”
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“A leader knows what’s best to do. A manager knows merely how best to do it. — Ken Adelman”
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“A liar is not believed even though he tells the truth. — Cicero”
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“A man’s reach should exceed his grasp. — Robert Browning”
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“A man’s true wealth is the good he does in this world. — Mohammed”
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“A penny saved is a penny earned. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. — Dwight David Eisenhower”
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“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood. — George S. Patton Jr”
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“A Thomas Kinkade painting on your wall doesn’t make you qualified to paint one. — Cheryl St.John”
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“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake”
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“Actions that seems prudent in foresight can look irresponsibly negligent in hindsight. — Daniel Kahneman”
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“Afflictions are but the shadows of God’s wings. — George MacDonald”
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“After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“Airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash. — Cecil Beaton”
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“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. — Ralph Waldo Emerson”
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“All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up. — Seneca”
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“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. — James Howell (c. 15941666), Proverbs [1659]”
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“All work is as seed sown. It grows and spreads, and sows itself anew. — Thomas Carlyle (17951881), On Boswell’s Life of Johnson”
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“All you need in life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. — Mark Twain”
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“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. — Helen Keller”
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“Always do everything you ask of those you command. — George S. Patton”
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“Always do more than is required of you. — George S. Patton Jr”
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“An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded. — Alexander Pope”
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“An eye can threaten like a loaded and leveled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking. Or in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson”
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“An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him. — Alexander Pope”
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“Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm. — Charles J. Ingersoll”
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“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“Anger pushes people away. — Thomas Harris”
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“Any attempts to love yourself will eventually backfire. When you attempt to impose self-love on yourself, you actually are reinforcing a lack of love. — Robert Fritz”
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“Approaches based on self-love only serve to drive your focus more and more on the self. This obscures the separation needed in the act of creating, so that you will be less effective over time. — Robert Fritz”
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“April 1 is the day upon which we are reminded what we are on the other 364. — Mark Twain”
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“Art is the imposing of a pattern on experience. — Alfred North Whitehead”
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“Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything. — Eugène Delacroix”
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“As the purse is emptied the heart is filled. — Victor Hugo”
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“At least 99 percent of the opinions in the world are thought to be facts, and that’s a fact. — Robert Pinkert”
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“Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man. — Francis Bacon, Essays of Atheism”
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“Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. — John Wooden”
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“Before we get rid of something, we must plan what will take its place or we may end up worse off than ever. — Thomas Harris”
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“Behold the turtle. He makes progress only when he sticks his neck out. — James B. Conant”
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“Being busy is most often used as a guise for avoiding the few critically important but uncomfortable actions. — Timothy Ferriss”
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