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Perseverance… keeps honor bright

Perseverance… keeps honor bright:  to have done, is to hang quite out of fashion, like a rusty nail in monumental mockery. William Shakespeare

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Fish & game

You know why there are so many whitefish in the Yellowstone River?  Because the Fish and Game people have never done anything to help them. Russell Chatham, Silent Seasons, 1978

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Great things are done when men and mountains meet

Great things are done when men and mountains meet.  This is not done by jostling in the street. William Blake

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Rain of life

It has done me good to be somewhat parched by the heat and drenched by the rain of life. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

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To whoever invented fantasy

To whoever invented fantasy, redwood trees, and apple pie for breakfast:  well done. Dr. SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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Every little action of the common day

I forgot that every little action of the common day makes or unmakes character, and that therefore what one has done in the secret chamber one has some day to cry aloud on the house-tops. Oscar Wilde

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How we judge

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Kavanagh, 1849

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A good rule to ask ourselves

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done. John Lubbock

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Made a fool of yourself

You can always tell a real friend: when you’ve made a fool of yourself he doesn’t feel you’ve done a permanent job. Laurence J. Peter

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