Monday, August 11, 2003
�Self-trust is the essence of heroism.�
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), American poet, essayist, transcendentalist and teacher: �Heroism� in �Essays: First Series�, 1841.
�Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.�
- Charles Lamb (1775 � 1834), English essayist, critic and letter writer: �Mrs. Battle�s Opinions on Whist�, 1823.
�Virtue is the roughest way,
But proves at night a bed of down.�
- Sir Henry Wotton (1568 � 1639), English diplomat, traveler and poet:�Upon the Imprisonment of the Earl of Essex�
�Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.�
- Hector Berlioz (1803 � 1869), French composer, founder of modern orchestration: attributed.
- Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), American poet, essayist, transcendentalist and teacher: �Heroism� in �Essays: First Series�, 1841.
�Man is a gaming animal. He must always be trying to get the better in something or other.�
- Charles Lamb (1775 � 1834), English essayist, critic and letter writer: �Mrs. Battle�s Opinions on Whist�, 1823.
�Virtue is the roughest way,
But proves at night a bed of down.�
- Sir Henry Wotton (1568 � 1639), English diplomat, traveler and poet:�Upon the Imprisonment of the Earl of Essex�
�Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.�
- Hector Berlioz (1803 � 1869), French composer, founder of modern orchestration: attributed.
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