There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call the “breaks.” In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things — read and write — and wait. – Countee Cullen (1903… More »
One swallow does not make a summer. More »
There is a time to spare and a time to spend. More »
That is what learning is. You suddenly understand something you’ve understood all your life, but in a new way. – Doris (May) Lessing (1919 – 2013): The Children of Violence Book 5 (The Four-Gated City) More »
Roast geese don’t come flying into the mouth. More »
Two blacks do not make a white. / Two wrongs don’t make a right. More »
Today we sing tomorrow we weep. / No reward without toil. / No gains without pains. More »
Talk of the devil and he is sure to appear. More »
A thing of beauty is a joy for ever. – John Keats (1795 – 1821): Endymion More »
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