Classroom Quotes

There are quotes on the back wall of each classroom in the Foreign Language Department. Students see this every day and almost all day as all their classes are in the same room. Whether or not they actually read the quote is another question, but its constant presence begs to be read. So what are students reading?
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Better to do more daily trivial, ordinary and practical work that is needed by the people than to say a thousand empty words that may be sweet to the ear.
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An unambitious man is easily carried away by victory; a short-sighted man would have an exaggerated opinion of his abilities after being praised a little.
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As a fruit needs not only sunshine by cold nights and chilling showers to ripen it, so character needs not only joy but trial and difficulty to mellow it. -H. Black
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We are here to add what we can to life, not to get what we can from it. -W. Osler
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Make it a point to do something every day that you don't want to do. This is the golden rule for acquiring the habit of doing your duty without pain.
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The highest possible stage in moral culture is when we recognize we ought to control our thoughts. -C. Darwin
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