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He who speaks without modesty will find it difficult to make his words good. ↗

— Confucius

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The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later. ↗

— Confucius

#difficulty #first #his #interest #later

God created man and, finding him not sufficiently alone, gave him a companion to make him feel his solitude more keenly. ↗

— Paul Valery

#companion #created #feel #finding #gave

I realize now I could have gotten a whole book out of that and so I think that was a big mistake. But the truth is you write in the moment and with your head down and there is no way back then that I could have conceived of Harry having the longevity that he has had. ↗

— Michael Connelly

#big #big mistake #book #conceived #could

Man's great misfortune is that he has no organ, no kind of eyelid or brake, to mask or block a thought, or all thought, when he wants to. ↗

— Paul Valery

#brake #great #kind #man #mask

Poe is the only impeccable writer. He was never mistaken. ↗

— Paul Valery

#mistaken #never #only #poe #writer

When you hear someone from the very north of Scotland speaking, I think its nice, very musical and harmonious. ↗

— Sean Connery

#hear #i #i think #musical #nice

I love my wife and I know she loves me. We're best friends. We're just lucky to have found each other. It takes a lot of work but I just feel very blessed that I found the right person. It's a very fortunate situation and not everyone has that. ↗

— Harry Connick, Jr.

#blessed #each #everyone #feel #fortunate

I sit on a man's back, choking him and making him carry me, and yet assure myself and others that I am very sorry for him and wish to ease his lot by all possible means - except by getting off his back. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#assure #back #carry #choking #ease

As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind. To make a deep physical path, we walk again and again. To make a deep mental path, we must think over and over the kind of thoughts we wish to dominate our lives. ↗

— Henry David Thoreau

#deep #dominate #earth #kind #lives