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The Second
«There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second-best is anything but the second-best»
«The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese.»
Author: Jon Hammond
| Keywords:
bird, can of worms, cheese, cheeses, early, early bird, mouse, The Second, worm, wormed
«The one important thing I have learned over the years is the difference between taking one's work seriously and taking one's self seriously. The first is imperative and the second is disastrous.»
Author: Margot Fonteyn
(Dancer)
| About:
Self-interest,
Work
| Keywords:
disastrous, imperative, imperatives, seriously, The Second
«The first step toward change is awareness. The second step is acceptance.»
Author: Nathaniel Branden
| About:
Change
| Keywords:
acceptance, awareness, first step, first steps, second, step, the first, The Second
«There are two sighs of relief every night in the life of an opera manager. The first comes when the curtain goes up The second sigh of relief comes when the final curtain goes down without any disaster, and one realizes, gratefully, that the miracle has happened again.»
Author: Rudolf Bing
(Administrator)
| Keywords:
And One, curtain, disaster, every night, final, gratefully, happened, manager, miracle, opera, operas, realizes, relief, Second Coming, Second Life, sigh, sighs, The Miracle, The Second, The Second Coming
«There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.»
Author: Confucius
| Keywords:
bitterest, easiest, gaining, highest, limitation, methods, reflection, The Second, The Third, third
«The first half of life is spent in longing for the second - the second half in regretting the first»
Author: French Proverb
| About:
Life
| Keywords:
first half, half, Half a Life, half life, longing, longings, regretting, second, second half, Second Life, spent, the first, The Second
«The first panacea for a mismanaged nation is inflation of the currency; the second is war. Both bring a temporary prosperity; both bring a permanent ruin. But both are the refuge of political and economic opportunists.»
Author: Ernest Hemingway
| Keywords:
currencies, currency, economic, inflation, mismanage, mismanaged, nation, opportunist, opportunists, panacea, permanent, political, prosperity, refuge, ruin, temporary, The Second
«The best time to plant a tree is twenty years ago. The second best time is now.»
Author: Proverb
| Keywords:
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«The beauty of the second amendment is that it will not be needed until they try to take it.»
Author: Thomas Jefferson
(Author, President)
| Keywords:
amendment, Amendments, needed, Second Amendment, The Second