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The wicked are always ungrateful.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Wit and humor belong to genius alone.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Since we have a good loaf, let us not look for cheesecakes.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes For neither good nor evil can last for ever; and so it follows that as evil has lasted a long time, good must now be close at hand.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Everything disturbs an absent lover.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Riches are of little avail in many of the calamities to which mankind are liable.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes That one man scorned and covered with scars Still strove with his last ounce of courage To reach the unreachable star.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Virtue is the truest nobility.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes For a man to attain to an eminent degree in learning costs him time, watching, hunger, nakedness, dizziness in the head, weakness in the stomach, and other inconveniences.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Anyone who does not know how to make the most of his luck has no right to complain if it passes by him.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes The pen is the tongue of the mind.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes The gratification of wealth is not found in mere possession or in lavish expenditure, but in its wise application.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes He who gives early gives twice.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Wit and humor do not reside in slow minds.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes A closed mouth catches no flies.
Miguel de CervantesMiguel de Cervantes Great expectations are better than a poor possession.
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To me, teamwork is a lot like being part of a family. It comes with obligations, entanglements, headaches, and quarrels. But the rewards are worth the cost.
Pat SummittPat Summitt It was only a sunny smile, and little it cost in the giving, but like morning light it scattered the night and made the day worth living.
F. Scott FitzgeraldF. Scott Fitzgerald Cost is always an object – the second law of thermodynamics sees to that.
Daniel DennettDaniel Dennett A religion that costs nothing is worth nothing. A cheap Christianity, without a cross, will prove in the end a useless Christianity, without a crown.
J. C. RyleJ. C. Ryle Cheerful givers do not count the cost of what they give. Their hearts are set on pleasing and cheering the person to whom the gift is given.
Julian of NorwichJulian of Norwich If it is true in anything, it is especially true of divine things, what costs little is worth little.
Hudson TaylorHudson Taylor It doesn’t cost anything to say hi when you pass someone else in the hallway, whereas, most corporations if you pass you avoid eye contact.
Tony HsiehTony Hsieh To create the world cost God nothing; to save it from sin cost His Life Blood.
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