Making the best of things is... a damn poor way of dealing with them. My whole life has been a series of escapes from that quicksand.
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Nationality: American Type: Journalist Born: December 5, 1886 Death: October 30, 1968 |
A life lesson for me is, how do you muster the courage to take on a new risk? Whether it's starting up a business or taking on a new project or expedition. I think the risks that we take are all relative to the risk-taker.
A rude nature is worse than a brute nature by so much more as man is better than a beast: and those that are of civil natures and genteel dispositions are as much nearer to celestial creatures as those that are rude and cruel are to devils.