"It is easy to sit up and take notice, What is difficult is getting up and taking action."
"The great secret of social alchemy is to profit best from each stage in our lives, to gather all its leaves in spring, all its flowers in summer, and all its fruits in autumn."
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Source: Honore de Balzac (1884). “Cousin Pons”, p.35, Library of Alexandria
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