Darkly Comical Quotes

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Four things come not back – the spoken word, the sped arrow, the past life, and the neglected opportunity. – Arabian proverb

Those who give too much attention to trifling things become generally incapable of great ones. – Cyrus H. K. Curtis

Fear not for the future, weep not for the past. – Shelley

The world is divided into people who do things and people who get the credit. Try, if you can, to belong to the first class. There’s far less competition. – Dwight Morrow

Not failure, but low aim, is a crime. – Richter

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. – William James

The great business of man is to improve his mind, and govern his manners; all other projects and pursuits, whether in our power to compass or not, are only amusements. – Pliny

Three things too much, and three too little are pernicious to man; to speak much, and know little; to spend much, and have little, to presume much, and be worth little. – Cervantes