"The fate of the worm refutes the pretended ethical teaching of the proverb, which assumes to illustrate the advantage of early rising and does so by showing how extremely dangerous it is."

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Source : Thomas Bailey Aldrich (1903). “The Writings of Thomas Bailey Aldrich: Ponkapog papers, A sea turn, and other papers”

Thomas Bailey Aldrich

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“So many young pets burn out in Hollywood, it's crazy.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“You have to be on the pitch to play football.”
“One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers.”
“The art path leads you to be increasingly free. And what does "because of being increasingly free" mean? Julio RamÃ³n Ribeyro used to say a mature novel demands the author's death, not literal death but metaphoric death, which is the author has to truly erase himself. Therefore, to be truly free, you have to break free from internal and external pressures, to erase the self completely and become a sort of medium, let the story pass through yourself and let the story dance with you.”
“The Way of the Warrior has been misunderstood. It is not a means to kill and destroy others. Those who seek to compete and better one another are making a terrible mistake. To smash, injure, or destroy is the worst thing a human being can do. The real Way of a Warrior is to prevent such slaughter â€“ it is the Art of Peace, the power of love.”

Source : "Adjusting Though Reflex: Romancing Zen". Book by Rodger Hyodo, p. 76, 2010.
“Many people do not distinguish between something that happens to them and their reaction to it.Â Yet it isn't the event or situation that holds the emotional charge; it's our beliefs that create our response.”

Source : Chip Conley (2012). “Emotional Equations: Simple Truths for Creating Happiness + Success”, p.30, Simon and Schuster
“No tribe unites with another of its own free will.”

Source : Sir Arthur Keith (1947). “Evolution and Ethics”
“O' youth do not disobey the words of the wise. Its better than fortune if the wise-one gives you advice.”

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