Sunday, February 06, 2011

The Philosophy of Life - Anderson Baten

p67 - what do we find in the pages of history? Nothing but the shipwrecks of nations and empires.
p66 law of the pendulum
p65 History is but one long repetition, and one century, is the plagiarist of another
p258 Are you a lifter or a leaner?
p268 He who knows....  follow him.
p273  The quitter
p277 The useful life
p288 Books
p344 "Man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. How can he be trusted with the governement of others."  Thomas Jefferson
p354 "The man who is great in the eyes of his wife is truly great."  John Ingalls
p443 No slavery except ignoance.  
          "Whoever clims any right that he is unwilling to accord to his fellow-men is dishonest."
p465  Do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than yesterday.  Abe Lincoln
p467  "Nothing makes a man so aventurous as empty pockets."  Victor Hugo - Notre Dame
p495 No man is ridiculous for being what he really is but affecting to be what he is not.

p497 Few things are needed to make a wise ma happy; nothing can make a fool content; that is why most men are miserable.
p500  Nothing can bring you peace but the triumph of principles.
p517 To plow is to pray - to plan is to prophecy, and the harvest answers and fulfills.

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