The first responsibility of a leader is to define reality. The last is to say thank you. In between, the leader is a servant.
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A pessimist is one who makes difficulties of his opportunities; an optimist is one who makes opportunities of his difficulties.
I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him.
Writing is good, thinking is better. Cleverness is good, patience is better
A person who trusts no one can't be trusted.
The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good.
It is fortunate to be favored with praise and popularity. It is dire luck to be dependent on the feelings of your fellow man.
A son is better though late begotten of an old and ailing father. Only your kin will proudly carve a memorial at the main gate.
The lame rides a horse the maimed drives the herd the deaf is brave in battle. A man is better blind than buried. A dead man is deft at nothing.
It is better to live than lie dead. A dead man gathers no goods. I saw warm fire at a wealthy man’s house himself dead at the door.
A man needs warmth, the warmth of fire and of the shining sun. A healthy man is a happy man who is neither ill nor injured.
Ask you must and answer well to be called clever. One may know your secret never a second. If three, a thousand will know.
The brave and generous have the best lives. They’re seldom sorry. The unwise man is always worried, fears favors to repay.
He is truly wise who’s travelled far and knows the ways of the world. He who has travelled can tell what spirit governs the men he meets.
Wake early if you want another man’s life or land. No lamb for the lazy wolf. No battles won in bed.
Two wooden stakes stood in the field, there I hung my hat and cloak. They had character in fine clothes. Naked I was nothing.
A true friend whom you trust well and wish for his good will: go to him often exchange gifts and keep him company.
Better a humble house than none. A man is master at home. A pair of goats and a patched roof are better than begging.
A bad friend is far away though his cottage is close. To a true friend lies a trodden road though his farm lies far away
The traveller must
train his wits.
All is easy at home.
He who knows little
is a laughing-stock
amongst the men of the world.