Samuel Smiles

Oscar Wilde

1892 · Ireland · Britain

Experience is the name every one gives to their mistakes.

Lady Windermere's Fan, Act 3, spoken by Dumby

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Emily Dickinson

c. 1861 (published 1891) · Massachusetts, USA

Hope is the thing with feathers That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops at all,

"Hope is the thing with feathers"

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Lu You 陸游

1167 · Song China

Do not laugh that the farmhouse winter wine is cloudy; in a good year there is chicken and pork enough to keep a guest. Hill on hill, stream on stream, I thought the road had ended: then dark willows, bright flowers, and one more village.

莫笑農家臘酒渾，豐年留客足雞豚。 山重水複疑無路，柳暗花明又一村。

"A Visit to a Village West of the Hills"

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Paul Παῦλος

c. AD 55 · Roman Empire

And now there remain faith, hope, love, these three; and the greatest of these is love.

νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη· τὰ τρία ταῦτα, μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη.

First Letter to the Corinthians 13:13

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