I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor ... -Plato

I never did anything worth doing by accident, nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work.

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Let parents bequeath to their children not riches, but the spirit of reverence....
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Justice means minding one's own business and not meddling with other men's concerns....
When men speak ill of thee, live so as nobody may believe them....
The punishment which the wise suffer who refuse to take part in the government, is to live under the government of worse men....
Nothing in the affairs of men is worthy of great anxiety....
Rhetoric is the art of ruling the minds of men....
Death is not the worst that can happen to men....
There are three classes of men; lovers of wisdom, lovers of honor, and lovers of gain....

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Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work....
Those who cannot work with their hearts achieve but a hollow, half-hearted success that breeds bitterness all around....
Leave it as it is. The ages have been at work on it and man can only mar it....
It is better to imitate ancient than modern work....
I find my greatest pleasure, and so my reward, in the work that precedes what the world calls success....
The reason why worry kills more people than work is that more people worry than work....
Surround yourself with people who take their work seriously, but not themselves, those who work hard and play hard....
I don't think that you can invent on behalf of customers unless you're willing to think long-term, because a lot of invention doesn't work. If you're ...
Irrespective of whether you have talent or not, one has to work hard. Just being talented doesn't mean anything; you can end up wasting it before you ...
I'm just not a guy that loves to eat. I love to work and love to work out. I think I go against all the nutritionists who say you need to do this or n...