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A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step; A little learning is a dangerous thing; A leopard cannot change its spots; A man can do what he wills but he cannot will what he wills; A mill cannot grind with the water that is past; A miss is as good as a mile; A new language is a new life (Persian proverb) [5] A penny saved is a penny ...
There are happy quotes here about life, like this saying from Albert Einstein: "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance, you must keep moving." To keep your balance, you must keep moving."
Life Begins at Forty is a 1932 American self-help book by Walter B. Pitkin. Written during a time of rapid increase in life expectancy (at the time of its publication American life expectancy at birth was around 60 and climbing fast, from being only at age 40 fifty years before), [ 1 ] it was very popular and influential.
"A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step" is a common saying that originated from a Chinese proverb. The quotation is from Chapter 64 of the Tao Te Ching ascribed to Laozi , [ 1 ] although it is also erroneously ascribed to his contemporary Confucius . [ 2 ]
“It is not what we have that will make us a great nation; it is the way in which we use it.” — Theodore Roosevelt “The great end of all human industry, is the attainment of happiness.
"Show me the spot", Abraham Lincoln challenging the alleged incident of invasion by Mexico and loss of life, called the Thornton Affair, that precipitated the Mexican–American War. [ 2 ] " A house divided against itself cannot stand. ", opening lines of Abraham Lincoln's famous 1858 "A House Divided" speech , addressing the division between ...
One patient asked for a prescription for Valium. Another requested help finding a home for her fluffy gray cat. A young man feared being shipped off to Vietnam and hoped that Motto’s team could send the Army a letter confirming his previous hospitalization. “I would rather take my own life than destroy another’s,” he wrote.
Often abbreviated to L.S., used as opening words for a letter lege artis: according to the law of the art: Denotes that a certain intervention is performed in a correct way. Used especially in a medical context. The 'art' referred to in the phrase is medicine. legem terrae: the law of the land: leges humanae nascuntur, vivunt, et moriuntur