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Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Quotable QUOTES ... (1)

Think like a wise man but communicate in the language of the people.
- William Butler Yeats (1865 - 1939)

Content makes poor men rich; discontentment makes rich men poor.
- Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)

In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.
- Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)

Men are not prisoners of fate, but only prisoners of their own minds.
- Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), Pan American Day address, April 15, 1939

Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.
- Henry Fielding (1707 - 1754)

I believe in God, only I spell it Nature.
- Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)

8 comments:

jiubo said...

Wise words are worth millions in life.
Hope your Quotable Quotes will bring forth many more to come.

citiding said...

Yes, jiubo.
We hope to learn and share the wisdom of others. Thank you.

Gemini said...

It takes many good deeds to build a good reputation, but only one bad one to lose it.

Catherine said...

世界上最使人敬畏的东西就是头上的星空和心中的道德律。

Ting said...

我们都是地球上的一个匆匆过客,
尽量珍惜自己的生命吧!

Anonymous said...

“Live as if you were to die tomorrow.
Learn as if you were to live forever.”

- Mahatma Gandhi

jin1shu3 said...

至理名言
就是
金玉良言

作为借鉴
一生
受用无穷

citiding said...

Your words are as good as the 'Quotable QUOTES'.
Life is indeed a learning process.
Come, learn as if we were to live forever!