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| Hi, my friend It is nice to be here again. I spent some time typing 100 quotes from a book called " Happy short stories." There are 100 magic happy quotes which inspire me and allow me to think from different angles with positive attitude. 100 is a great number which represents perfection. We all seek for something perfect in life. But from my point of view, imperfection makes my life better and more charming. That is because I know I still need to work harder and learn wholeheartedly. That is also becasue I know I have a lot of space to get improved. Moreover, imperfection means it is OK to make mistakes during the process of learning practicing, working or trying. When I think of the concept of " To err is human", I start to feel relaxed and happy. Here comes 100 magic ABC. Wish you enjoy them. Don't forget to be happy today. Magic ABC 1. Every may be has a may not be. 2. A baker’s wife may bite a bun, a brewer’s wife may drink of a tun, and a fishmonger’s wife may feed on a conger, but a serving-man’s wife may starve for hunger. 3. Give a child while he craves, and a dog while his tail waves, and you will have a fair dog, but a foul knave. 4. Better die standing than live kneeling. 5. We fear the men we hate and hate the men we fear. 6. An ape’s an ape; a varlet’s a varlet, though they be clad in silk or scarlet. 7. The poorest truth is better than the richest lie. 8. Bad thoughts sprout worse deeds; bad deeds sprout worse thoughts. 9. He who knows others is learned; who knows himself is wise, who conquers himself is stronger; he who is contented is rich. 10. Wisdom is knowing what to do next, skill is knowing how to do it, and virtue is doing. 11. In childhood be modest; in youth temperate; in manhood just; in old age prudent. 12. One knows the horse by its ears, the generous by his gifts, a man by laughing, and a jewel by its brilliancy. 13. He who is not handsome at twenty, nor strong at thirty, nor rich at forty, nor wise at fifty, will never be handsome, strong, rich or wise. 14. Every one is weary: the poor in seeking, the rich in keeping, the good in learning. 15. The most important 6 words: I appreciate you and your efforts.” The most important 5 words: I am proud of you. 16. I wish I were 17. Maturity is the ability to do a job whether or not you are supervised, to carry money without spending it, and to bear an injustice without wanting to get even. 18. Team Work --- Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together is progress. Working together is a success. 19. Life means entertainment. Life means entitlement. Life means electronic. 20. Relation without friendship, friendship without power, power without will, will without effect, effect without profit, and profit without virtue, are not worth a penny. 21. Don’t go to a doctor with every distemper, nor to a lawyer with every quarrel, nor to a pot for every thirst. 22. Better late than never, but better still never be late. 23. Better deny at once than promise long. 24. Better children cry than old man. 25. Experience without learning is better than learning without experience. 26. All things are difficult before they are easy. 27. As the call, so the echo. 28. When befriended, remember it; when your befriend, forget it. 29. Haste makes waste. 30. The generous is always just and the just is always generous. 31. Old young, young old. 32. Habit cures habit. 33. All is well as long as it ends well. 34. If you want to help everybody, you can actually help nobody. 35. Bad chickens lay bad eggs; bad eggs hatch bad chickens. 36. The more we do, the more we can do; the busier we are, the more leisure we have. 37. He who acts nobly is truly noble. 38. Do to others as you would have them do to you. 39. People always spend the former part of their life in longing for the latter; the latter in regretting the former. 40. A friend to all is a friend to none. 41. Fools live poor to die rich. 42. He who is too secure is not safe. 43. An arrow shot upright falls on the shooter’s head. 44. Nurture is above nature. 45. He who is bad to himself will be good to nobody. 46. If you don’t have what you like, you must like what you have. 47. One enemy is too many, and a hundred friends too few. 48. Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. 49. He who can control himself is the most powerful. 50. Dicing, drabbing, and drinking are the three D’s to destruction. 51. Fortune and misfortune are next-door neighbors. 52. If one can be false with one thing, he can be false with another. 53. The countryman between two lawyers is like a fish between two cats. 54. People whom dogs bark at are not all thieves. 55. A miser father finds a thriftless son. 56. It is certain, because it is impossible. 57. Think not on what you lack but on what you have. 58. Lovers think other people are blind. 59. To be angry is to punish yourself for other’s sins. 60. The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at a time. 61. An expert is one who knows more and more about less and less. 62. A great man is always willing to be nobody. 63. Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved. 64. Learning makes a good man better and a bad man worse. 65. People who cannot find time for recreation will sooner or later find time for illness. 66. Common sense in an uncommon degree is what the world calls wisdom. 67. A critic is a man who knows the way but can’t drive the car. 68. Some people are conspicuous by their presence and others by their absence. 69. He who is too clever makes a fool of himself. 70. One who thinks himself unfortunate is truly unfortunate. 71. Love makes time pass away and time makes love pass away. 72. It is a pain both to pay and pray. 73. Poverty wants some things; luxury many things; avarice all things. 74. Poor men seek meat for their stomach; rich men stomach for their meat. 75. He who criticizes others in front of you will criticize you in front of others. 76. A liar is not believed, though he swears. A truth-teller is believed, though he lies. 77. An optimist sees opportunity in every calamity; a pessimist sees a calamity in every opportunity. 78. Fools look to tomorrow and wise men use tonight. 79. He who says what he likes shall hear what he does not like. 80. Beauty and folly are often companions. 81. One who wants to grip everything can hold nothing. 82. Whether the pitcher strikes the stone, or the stone strikes the pitcher, it is bad for the pitcher. 83. Free thinkers are generally those who never think at all. 84. Figures never lie, but liars can figure. 85. Between two evils, it is not worth choosing. 86. He who questions nothing learns nothing. 87. A new truth is a truth; an old error is an error. 88. Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor. 89. If you want to be loved, love and be loveable. 90. The proof of gold is fire, the proof of woman, gold; the proof a man, a woman. 91. It’s your attitude but not your aptitude which determines your altitude. 92. Gambling is the son of avarice and the father of despair. 93. While the word is in your mouth, it is your own; when it is once spoken, it is another’s, 94. Better help than pity. 95. A brother may not be a friend, but a friend will always be a brother. 96. Take time to think. It is the source of power. Take time to play. It is the secret of perpetual youth. Take time to read. It is the fountain of wisdom. Take time to pray. It is the greatest power on earth. 97. He who lives most dies most. 98. Alcohol and gasoline can’t be mixed. 99. God helps the sailor, but the sailor must row. 100. I have lost the ring, but the fingers are still here. Happy Helen with a silent smile |
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