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# 83.

"Life is good or evil according to the state of mind in which we look at it, it is neither by itself".
(Swami Vivekananda)

"Laughter is not at all a bad beginning for a friendship and it is far from the best ending for one".
(Oscar Wilde)

If children grow up according to early indications, we should have nothing but geniuses"
(Goethe)
 
# 84.

That which is striking and beautiful is not always good, but what is good is always beautiful.

The greatest thing in the world is not so much where we are, but in what direction we are moving.

If the laws could speak for themselves, they would complain of the lawyers in the first place.

Those who do not complain, are never pitied.
(Jane Austin)
 
# 85.

There is a great difference between a young man looking for a situation and one looking for work.

After thirty five, a man begins to have thoughts about a woman; before that age he has feelings.

That which needs to be proved cannot be worth much.

It is never late to give up our prejudices.
(Thoreau)
 
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# 86.

"Happiness is beneficial for the body, but it is the grief that develops the powers of the mind."
(Marcel Proust)

The hands that help are holier than the lips that pray.

The public mind is educated quickly by events -slowly by arguments.
(Oscar Wilde)

Great men undertake great things because they are great, fools because they think them easy.
 
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# 87.

"All that I care to know is that a man is a human being -
that is enough for me - he can't be any worse"
(Mark Twain).

"As soon as people are old enough to know better,
they do not know anything at all"
(Oscar Wilde)

To be constant in love to one is good;
to be constant to many is great.

"It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
(Lincoln)
 
# 88.

Guard your thoughts, when you are alone.

Guard your temper, while you are at home.

Guard your tongue, when you are with others.

Guard your pen, when you write your mails.
 
# 89.

Cynic:
A man who knows
the price of everything
and the value of nothing.

There are two great tragedies in life...
one is not to get your heart' s desire,
the other is to get it.

I slept and dreamt that life was beauty;
I woke up and found that life was duty.
 
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# 90.

"The silent and undemonstrative action based on truth and love produce
far more permanent results than speeches or such other showy performances".
(Mahatma Gandhi)

A problem is a problem only till you find a solution.

Lack of self confidence is the greatest problem in people.

Nothing is impossible for the ambitious and the hard working.
 
# 91.

Beware of the fury of a patient man.

Character is what you are in the dark.

The wheel that squeaks loudest
is the one that gets the grease!

Conscience is God's presence in man.
 
Dear Madam,

Acknowledging one's fault frankly may throw those in authority off guard,but if he thinks that it opens up opportunities to commit more faults, people in authority will surely throw the faulter away.
 
dear Mr. S.S,
Are you referring to a quotation by Oscar Wilde / or a similar talented writer?
Well, then the opinion stated is his and not mine!
with best wishes,
V.R.
 
எறும்பும், துரும்பும்.

எறும்பானாலும், இறைஅருள் தேடும்
சிறு எறும்பாக நான் ஆக வேண்டும்;

கரும்பானாலும், காமாக்ஷி கையில்
கரும்பு வில்லாக நான் ஆகவேண்டும்;

இரும்பானாலும், உலகுக்கு உதவும்
பொருளாக நான் ஆக வேண்டும்;

துரும்பானாலும் பானகத்திலுள்ள
துரும்பாக ஆகாது இருக்கவேண்டும்.
 
# 92.
Strength of character consists of two things -
Power of will and power of self restraint.
It requires two things for its existence -
strong feelings and strong command over them.
(Robertson)

Cares are oft more difficult to throw off then sorrows,
the latter die with time, the former grow with it.
(Jean Paul)
 
ஆணும், பெண்ணும்.

"ஆணும், பெண்ணும் சரி சமமே!" என்று
ஆணித்தரமாகப் பேசுகின்றவர்களுக்கு!

உடல் ரீதியாக மட்டுமின்றி அவர்கள்
உள ரீதியாகவும் மாறுபடுகின்றனர்.

"ஒரு ஆணின் மனோபாவத்தைப் பெறும் பெண்
ஒரு பதிதை ஆகின்றாள்."

"ஒரு பெண்ணின் மனோபாவத்தைப் பெறும் ஆண்
ஒரு மகான் ஆகின்றார்."

"தேவையில்லாத பிரச்சனைகளை எழுப்புமோ
பாவையர், ஆடவர் பற்றிய இந்தக் கூற்று?"

தெள்ளத் தெளிவாக அனைவரும் தத்தம்
உள்ளக் கருத்துக்களைக் கூறிவிட்டதால்;

என்றோ, எங்கோ, நான் படித்த முதுமொழி.
இன்று, இங்கே, இப்போது வெளிவருகின்றது!
 
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# 93.

Politeness is the flower of humanity.
He who is not polite enough is not human enough.

A creditor is worse than a master - for a master owns only your person.
A creditor owns your dignity and can belabor that.
(Victor Hugo)

Care keeps his watch in every old man's eye.
And where care lodges, sleep will never lie.
(Shakespeare.)
 
(2). ஆணும், பெண்ணும்.

"எதையும் ஒருமுறை" என்று
எண்ணித் துணிபவன் ஆண்.

"எப்போதும் ஒருவரே" என்று
எண்ணி மனம் பணிபவள் பெண்.

நான் சொல்லுவது எனக்கு
நன்கு தெரிந்தவர்களைப் பற்றி.

புதுமை பெண்களையும் அவர்களுக்குப்
புதுபலம் கொடுப்பவர்களையும் அல்ல.
 
# 94.
Curiosity is one of the most fundamental and
certain characteristics of a vigorous intellect.

Doubting the reality of love
leads to doubting everything!

Doubt is the vestibule which all must pass,
before they can enter into the temple of wisdom.
(Colton)
 
# 95.

Doubt is a weed that sprouts fastest in the dull minds;
suspicion is the ready armor of ignorance.
(Rex Beach)

"Eat to please thyself; but
dress to please others"
(Benjamin Franklin)

Duty is a power which rises with us in the morning
and goes to bed with us in the evening.
(Gladstone).
 
# 96.
"Do you want men to speak well of you?
Then never speak well of yourself"
(Pascal).

The Egotist does not tolerate Egoism.
(Joseph Roux)

Nothing is as contagious as enthusiasm.
It moves stones, it charms brutes.

If you have enough faith, you will have no fear.
 
# 97.

True friends visit us in prosperity only when invited.

But in adversity they come without invitation.

"Hypocrisy is the homage that vice pays to virtue."

and

"Pride does not wish to owe and

vanity does not wish to pay."

by

(Duc De La Roche foucauld)
 
# 98.

A life of service must be one of humility.

Inertia must not be mistaken for humility.

True humility means most strenuous and

constant endeavor entirely directed to the

service of humanity. (Gandhi)

Self confidence is the first requisite to great undertakings.

Dr. Samuel Johnson.
 
#99.

Of all the troubles great and small,
the greatest are those that don't happen at all.

No man has good enough memory to be a successful liar.

To become rich conquer worry, envy and hate.
 
# 100.

You cannot do a kindness too soon..
because you never know how soon...
it will be too late!

Four things come not back;
The spoken word,
The sped arrow,
The past life,
The neglected opportunity.
 
# 101.

A hero is no braver than an ordinary man-
but he is braver five minutes longer.

Seest thou a man diligent in his business?
He shall stand before king.

You have to run fast to stay in the same place!

One man with courage makes a majority.
 
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