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He has spent all his life in letting down empty buckets into empty

He has spent all his life in letting down empty buckets into empty wells; and he is frittering away his age in trying to draw them up again. – Sydney Smith

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Errors to be dangerous must have a great deal of truth mingled with them. It is only from this alliance that they can ever obtain an extensive circulation. – Sydney Smith

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Mistakes
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In the country I always fear that creation will expire before tea-time. – Sydney Smith

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Tea
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A great deal of talent is lost to the world for want of a little courage. Every day sends to their graves obscure men whose timidity prevented them from making a first effort. – Sydney Smith

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Confidence
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Other Quotes from
Carpe Diem
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When a man knows he is to be hanged in a fortnight, it concentrates his mind wonderfully. – Samuel Johnson

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Carpe Diem

Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways. РStephen Vincent Ben̩t

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Carpe Diem

The proper function of man is to live, not to exist. I shall not waste my days in trying to prolong them. – Jack London

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Carpe Diem

Who well lives, long lives; for this age of ours should not be numbered by years, days, and hours. – Guillaume de Salluste Du Bartas, Divine Weeks and Works, 1578

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Carpe Diem

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Im throwing myself back in because I like being married. I dont want to end this whole fabulous journey alone. I want someone by my side who I love and who loves me. Ive finally found somebody whos up to the task of being my wife, because Im very high maintenance. – Neil Diamond

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Look to make your course regular, that men may know beforehand what they may expect. – Francis Bacon

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