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The worst pain a man can suffer: to have insight into much and power over nothing. ↗

Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal; While others, on the contrary, obtain a victory by exerting, at the last moment, more vigorous efforts than ever before. ↗

— Herodotus

#almost #before #contrary #designs #efforts

All men's gains are the fruit of venturing. ↗

— Herodotus

#fruit #gains #venturing

I have felt cats rubbing their faces against mine and touching my cheek with claws carefully sheathed. These things, to me, are expressions of love. ↗

— James Herriot

#against #carefully #cats #cheek #claws

And, as if nature were protecting man against his own ingenuity, the reproductive processes were affected for a time; men became sterile, women had miscarriages, menstruation stopped. ↗

— John Hersey

#against #became #had #his #ingenuity

Learning starts with failure; the first failure is the beginning of education. ↗

— John Hersey

#education #failure #first #learning #starts

Catholicism played such a huge part in my life, I would not have survived without my faith. ↗

— Samantha Morton

#faith #huge #i #life #my life

If you're the band leader you ask more of yourself than anyone else, so they tend to raise the bar for me. ↗

— Kristin Hersh

#ask #band #band leader #bar #else

While Lincoln thus became a lawyer, he did not cease to remain a politician. ↗