WHAT
LIFE TAUGHT ME
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Thoughts and Opinions By Maximillien de Lafayette. "For the STRONG, there are two kinds of truth. One for each occasion. For the weak, there are all kinds of truth and each one eliminates the other..." from his book "THE SECRET BOOK OF NATIONS". “If you can’t see the light in the dark, don’t expect to see it in the early morning.” from his Book “ Stories I never Told”.
“Two kinds of people usually don’t like
you much; your boss if you are smarter than him, and your employee if
they are smarter than you.” ... "Don’t tell anybody, I know what you are
thinking, if you don’t know, and especially if you do.”
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“A day without charity is a lost day.”
“Do not worry about what people might think of you. Worry if they begin to believe you do.” “When you shake the hand of a gentleman, look in his eyes. When you shake the hand of a thief, look around.” “Be yourself when you meet others. Be the others when you meet yourself.” “When you are rich, everybody listens and few hear you. When you are poor, nobody listens and everybody hears you.” “Watch your enemy once, your friends twice, and yourself all the time.” “If you have fooled me three times, is because I let you fool me twice.” “Don’t milk the cow if your bucket is not handy.” “Count your sheep ten times a day, and once if you have a fence.” “If you are rich, people think you know.” “You cannot sell ice to the Eskimos, but you can always try.” “Bald men don’t need a comb.” “In a parade, always ride the white horse.” “Those who arrive late to super will eat only crumbs.” “Those who arrive late, always have a reason.” “Those who arrive late, hear only yesterdays news.” “Instead of feeding the hungry salmons and lobsters, teach them how to fish.” “Go early to bed and get bored alone.” “Two kinds of people I wonder about: Those who go to bed early and those who wake up late.” “The world was not built in one day. How do you know that?” “They told you everything that glitters is not gold. But, they didn’t tell you what it is!” “They told you a bird in hand is better than two in the bush. The truth I tell you, three birds in the bush is the best of all, because you make the spring come earlier this year.” “A man who has always dirty hands is bad…a man who has always clean hands is worse.” “You know the man when he leaves not when he arrives.” “Fear those who can see in the dark.” “Trust yourself all the time, but doubt your greatness every time you can.” “Every time you give, you grow one inch taller.” “If you can walk on eggs, you can walk on nails.” “A man who fears and dares is a brave man, a man who dares and does not fear is a fool.” “Lower the fence of your vineyard, and the size of your bottles will shrink.” “Wash your hands once before you eat your meal and twice after if you did not share it with others.” “Be proud of yourself once, if you are a teacher, and twice if your student becomes one.” “Ten more commandments and you have ten more priests.” “The church next door always has the lower saint.” “Don’t tell me why, show me how.” “Bad employer, good check. Good employer, bad check.” “A house with only one door makes too much noise.” “If French aristocrats knew how to make bread, they would have saved their heads.” “I worry about those people who come to a new country with an old face.” “If the top of your head is made out of butter, don’t walk in the sun.” “If you cannot take the heat, don’t light a fire.” “Nothing in life is more valuable than life itself, if others are a part of it.” “Take once, give twice.” “If you are great, they will hail you. If you are greater, they will trail you. If you are the greatest, they will nail you.”
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