Darkly Comical Quotes

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Don’t bother about genius. Don’t worry about being clever. Trust to hard work, perseverance and determination. And the best motto for a long march is: “Don’t grumble. Plug on!” – Sir Frederick Treves

It is better to give than to lend, and it costs about the same. – Sir Philip Gibbs

Whenever nature leaves a hole in a person’s mind, she generally plasters it over with a thick coat of self-conceit. – Longfellow

Psychologically I should say that a person becomes an adult at the point when he produces more than he consumes or earns more than he spends. This may be at the age of eighteen, twenty-five, or thirty-five. Some people remain unproductive and dependent children forever and therefore intellectually and emotionally immature. – Henry C. Link

Contentment is a pearl of great price, and whoever procures it at the expense of ten thousand desires makes a wise and a happy purchase. – Balguy

Read every day something no one else is reading. Think every day something no one else is thinking. It is bad for the mind to be always a part of a unanimity. – Christopher Morley