There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes … - George Horace Lorimer

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Life in the oceans must be sheer hell. A vast, merciless hell of permanent and immediate danger. So much of a hell that during evolution some species—including man—crawled, fled onto some small continents of solid land, where the Lessons of Darkness continue.

George Horace Lorimer

There is one excuse for every mistake a man can make, but only one. When a fellow makes the same mistake twice he's got to throw up both hands and own up to carelessness or cussedness.

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In all your dealings, remember that today is your opportunity; tomorrow some other fellow's.

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What you know is a club for yourself, and what you don't know is a meat-ax for the other fellow.

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I ain't one of those who believe that a half knowledge of a subject is useless, but it has been my experience that when a fellow has that half knowledge he finds it's the other half which would really come in handy.

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Back of every noble life there are principles that have fashioned it.

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Because a fellow has failed once or twice or a dozen times, you don't want to set him down as a failure till he's dead or loses his courage.

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