"To ask me is in vain; For who goes up your winding stair Can ne'er come down again."

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Source : Mary Howitt (1834). “Sketches of natural history”, p.123

Mary Howitt

#Vain Quotes #Stairs Quotes #Ask Me Quotes

“It's like Tolstoy said. Happiness is an allegory, unhappiness a story.”
“Since pure awareness of nowness is real Enlightenment, in openness and contentment I found the Truth in my heart. By simply relaxing in this uncontrived, open, and natural state, we obtain the quality of effortless freedom of whatever arises.”
“I submit that scientists have not yet explored the hidden possibilities of the innumerable seeds, leaves and fruits for giving the fullest possible nutrition to mankind.”
“The person who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed; you must have a larger ambition. There is no mystery in business success. If you do each day's task successfully, and stay faithfully within these natural operations of commercial laws which I talk so much about, and keep your head clear, you will come out all right.”
“Most people don't know this, but if you settle a debt for less than the amount you owed, you are potentially responsible for taxes on the forgiven debt. Look at it this way: You received goods and services for the full amount of debt, but you're only paying for a portion of it - sometimes less than 50%. Anything more than $600 is generally considered taxable, but the IRS will sometimes waive the tax if you can prove that your assets were less than your liabilities when the debt was settled.”

Source : Source: www.nbcnews.com
“Compassion starts with making friends with ourselves.”
“History works itself out by an inevitable internal logic.”
“My education at Baron Byng High School was excellent, with dedicated masters (boys and girls were separate).”

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