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Concern should drive us into action and not into a depression.
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The Collected Works of Karen Horney‎ (1957) by Karen Horney, p. 154: "We may feel genuinely concerned about world conditions, though such a concern should drive us into action and not into a depression."
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There is nothing so easy but that it becomes difficult when you do it reluctantly.
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Terence, in Heauton Timoroumenos [The Self-Tormentor]
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The oldest, shortest words— "yes" and "no"— are those which require the most thought.
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Quoted in Grist: The National Conference on State Parks magazine, 1965 [https://books.google.fr/books?id=u8VH4AZ1va4C&newbks=1&newbks_redir=0&dq=The%20oldest%2C%20shortest%20words%E2%80%94%20%22yes%22%20and%20%22no%22%E2%80%94%20are%20those%20which%20requ
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Virtue is harmony.
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This is often published as a direct quote of Pythagoras, but seems to be derived from the account of Diogenes Laertius of Pythagorean doctrines, where he simply describes the statement as a precept of his followers. In the translation of C. D. Yonge (1853
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Better be mute, than dispute with the Ignorant.
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Evil destroyeth itself.
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He is worst of all, that is malicious against his friends.
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It is better to suffer, than to do, wrong.
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The best and greatest winning is a true friend; and the greatest loss is the loss of time.
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Repentance deserveth Pardon.
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