The only way to avoid being miserable is not to have enough leisure to wonder whether you are happy or not. – George Bernard Shaw (1856 – 1950) (Image by Free-Photos from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the… More »
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One man’s fault is another man’s lesson. [Learn wisdom by faults of others.] (Image by Gerd Altmann from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
Once the game is over, the king and the pawn go back in the same box. (Italian Proverb) (Image by klimkin from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google Translate) More »
One doesn’t discover new lands without consenting to lose sight of the shore for a very long time. – André Gide (1869 – 1951) (Image by Youssef Jheir from Pixabay) (Text-to-Speech by Sound of Text, using the engine from Google… More »
Only I have no luck any more. But who knows? Maybe today. Every day is a new day. It is better to be lucky. But I would rather be exact. Then when luck comes you are ready. – Santiago –… More »
Of two evils choose the lesser. More »
One must draw the line somewhere. More »
The only means of strengthening one’s intellect is to make up one’s mind about nothing–to let the mind be a thoroughfare for all thoughts. Not a select party. – John Keats (1795 – 1821): “Letters of John Keats” (ed. by… More »
One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others. – Molière (1622 – 73) More »
Once Zhuang Zhou dreamed he was a butterfly, a fluttering butterfly. What fun he had, doing as he pleased! He did not know he was Zhou. Suddenly he woke up and found himself to be Zhou. He did not know… More »
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