Smiling through tears.

Homer · Iliad, VI

He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.

Homer · Iliad, I

The sun, which sees all things and hears all things.

Homer · Iliad, III

Young men’s minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.

Homer · Iliad, III

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Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.

Marcus Garvey · The source reads: “Black men, you were once great; you will be great again. Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.” · Philosophy and Opinions of Marcus Garvey (1923), ch. 4

Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.

Benjamin Franklin · Poor Richard’s Almanac. July

Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself?

Anthony Trollope · Phineas Finn (1869), ch. 47

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“Smiling through tears.”

“He knew the things that were and the things that would be and the things that had been before.”

“The sun, which sees all things and hears all things.”

“Young men’s minds are always changeable, but when an old man is concerned in a matter, he looks both before and after.”

“Lose not courage, lose not faith, go forward.”

“Three may keep a secret, if two of them are dead.”

“Who is there that abstains from reading that which is printed in abuse of himself?”