"Cleverness is like rouge - liberal application makes a woman look common and desperate. Wit is knowing how to apply it."

-- Tessa Dare

#Knowing Quotes #Looks Quotes #Common Quotes

“To have the management of the mind is a great art, and it may be attained in a considerable degree by experience and habitual exercise.”
“Give me strength, not to be better than my enemies, but to defeat my greatest enemy, the doubts within myself. Give me strength for a straight back and clear eyes, so when life fades, as the setting sun, my spirit may come to you without shame.”
“We have more days to live through than pleasures. Be slow in enjoyment, quick at work, for men see work ended with pleasure, pleasure ended with regret.”

Source : Baltasar Gracian (2006). “The Art of Worldly Wisdom”, p.71, Shambhala Publications
“The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.”
“I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way - to people in need.”
“Rise above oneself and grasp the world.”
“In martial arts one of the first things that you learn is to be balanced. Balance is the central principle in architecture and design. Balance is a way of trying to talk about being at the center of things.”
“The umpire signals a bye with the air of a weary stalk”

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