Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad. Thomas Paine
US patriot & political philosopher (1737 - 1809) Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own. Aesop
Greek slave & fable author (620 BC - 560 BC) Better be quarrelling than lonesome. Irish Proverb Beginning is easy - Continuing is hard. Japanese Proverb Before anything else, preparation is the key to success. Alexander Graham Bell
US (Scottish-born) inventor (1847 - 1922) Before all else, we seek, upon our common labor as a nation, the blessings of Almighty God. Dwight D. Eisenhower
US general & Republican politician (1890 - 1969) Bees that have honey in their mouths have stings in their tails. Scottish Proverb Beauty is the purgation of superfluities. Michelangelo Buonarroti
Italian architect, painter, & sculptor (1475 - 1564) Beautiful young people are accidents of nature, but beautiful old people are works of art. Eleanor Roosevelt
US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962) Be wiser than other people, if you can, but do not tell them so. Lord Chesterfield
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