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Confucius – tools

Mind Quote / Zou, Lu state, Ancient China / 551 BC – 479 BC / Photographer – Girolamo Rino Zenari / Photograph – Stonehenge close up, Amesbury, England / LoadingBookmark / Print /
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The expectations of life depend upon diligence;
the mechanic that would perfect his work
must first sharpen his tools.

 

– Confucius

 

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