—John Ruskin
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Thursday, December 26, 2013
Post #1444
There is a large difference between indolent impatience of labor and intellectual impatience of delay, large difference between leaving things unfinished because we have more to do or because we are satisfied with what we have done.
Monday, September 23, 2013
Post #1352
A little neglect may breed great mischief. For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy; all for want of a little care about a horse-shoe nail.
—Benjamin Franklin
—Benjamin Franklin
Saturday, June 02, 2012
Post #968
The wrongdoer is often the person who has left something undone rather than the person who has done something.
—Marcus Aurelius
—Marcus Aurelius
A deadly viper once bit a hole snipe's hide; But 'twas the viper, not the snipe, that died.
- Dave
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