#our

There is not in the world so toilsome a trade as the pursuit of fame; life concludes before you have so much as sketched your work. ↗

— Jean de la Bruyere

#concludes #fame #life #much #pursuit

Truth is a demure lady, much too ladylike to knock you on your head and drag you to her cave. She is there, but people must want her, and seek her out. ↗

— William F. Buckley, Jr.

#drag #head #her #knock #lady

An insincere and evil friend is more to be feared than a wild beast; a wild beast may wound your body, but an evil friend will wound your mind. ↗

— Buddha

#beast #body #evil #feared #friend

Tea-shops were to become my favourite haunts in England. ↗

— Zola Budd

#england #favourite #haunts #were

We are shaped by our thoughts; we become what we think. When the mind is pure, joy follows like a shadow that never leaves. ↗

— Buddha

#follows #joy #leaves #like #mind

It is better to conquer yourself than to win a thousand battles. Then the victory is yours. It cannot be taken from you, not by angels or by demons, heaven or hell. ↗

— Buddha

#battles #better #cannot #conquer #demons

No one saves us but ourselves. No one can and no one may. We ourselves must walk the path. ↗

— Buddha

#must #ourselves #path #saves #us

You only have to do a very few things right in your life so long as you don't do too many things wrong. ↗

— Warren Buffett

#few things #life #long #many #only

Please your eye and plague your heart. ↗

— William Cobbett

#heart #plague #please #your

I was sports editor for my high school newspaper, but I think I shied away from journalism. ↗