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Worth Repeating #4



WASHINGTON, Dec. 28, 1995 – "Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than
you need."
--Kahlil Gibran
(1883-1931)
Lebanese writer, artist

"If you wish your merit to be known, acknowledge that of other people."
--Oriental proverb

"Diligence is the mother of good luck."
--Benjamin Franklin
(1706-1790)
U.S. statesman, scientist, writer

"I think there is only one quality worse than hardness of heart, and that is softness of head."
--Theodore Roosevelt
(1858-1919)
U.S. president

"You can never do a kindness too soon, for you never know how soon it will be too late."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
(1803-1882)

"Good order and discipline in any army are to be more depended upon than courage alone."
--Niccolo Machiavelli
(1469-1527)
Italian philosopher, military theorist