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The best laid schemes of mice and men Gang aft a-gley; And leave us naught but grief and pain For promised joy. (Alger William R.)
O Life! thou art a galling load, Along a rough, a weary road, To wretches such as I. (Alger William R.)
To make a happy fire-side clime To weans and wife, That s the true pathos and sublime Of human life. (Alger William R.)
The life so short, the crafts so long to learn. (Alger William R.)
I would rather be ashes than dust! I would rather that my spark should burn out in a brilliant blaze than it should be stifled by dry-rot. I would rather be a superb meteor, every atom of me in magnificent glow, than a sleepy and permanent planet. The function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. (Alger William R.)
The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. I shall use my time. (Alger William R.)
There is occasions and causes why and wherefore in all things. (Alger William R.)
We are born to die. (Alger William R.)
"We have seen better days. (Alger William R.)
Everybody should do at least two things each day that he hates to do, just for practice. (Alger William R.)
Man can alter his life by altering his thinking. (Alger William R.)
The great use of life is to spend it for something that will outlast it. (Alger William R.)
We are spinning our own fates, good or evil, and never to be undone. Every smallest stroke of virtue or of vice leaves its never-so-little scar. (Alger William R.)
So much to do, so little done, such things to be. (Alger William R.)
Remember, no human condition is ever permanent. Then you will not be overjoyed in good fortune nor too scornful in misfortune. (Alger William R.)
The unexamined life is not worth living. (Alger William R.)
Beware the barrenness of a busy life. (Alger William R.)
How much there is in the world I do not want. (Alger William R.)
The hour of departure has arrived and we go our ways; I to die, and you to live. Which is better? Only God knows. (Alger William R.)
It is necessary that one who really and truly fights for the right, if he is to survive even for a short time, shall act as a private man, not as a public man. (Alger William R.)
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster/ And treat those two impostors just the same. (Alger William R.)
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