Quotations

Be content with your lot; one cannot be first in everything.

Aesop

Leisure time is that five or six hours when you sleep at night.

George Allen

Doing easily what others find difficult is talent; doing what is impossible for talent is genius

Henri-Frederic Amiel

Vocabulary Help

• lot: destino
• leisure: lazer
• sleep (sleep, slept, slept): dormir
• easily (easy): facilmente (facil)

Aristotle

It is good to be without vices, but it is not good to be without temptations.

Walter Bagehot

The future is like heaven -- everyone exalts it, but no one wants to go there now.

James Baldwin

Vocabulary Help

• friend: amigo
• soul: alma
• dwell: viver, habitar
• body(ies): corpo
• vice: vício
• heaven: paraíso, céu

Mais histórias como esta podem ser encontradas no livro Read in English: Uma Maneira Divertida de Aprender Inglês, publicado pela Editora Novatec,

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