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-- Virginia Woolf Author: A fool, who, not content with having bored those who have lived with him, insists on
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-- Montesquieu "Is man merely a mistake of God's? Or God merely a mistake of man's?" (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche) The only thing you will ever be able to say in the so-called 'social' sciences is: "some do, some
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It is a product of Einstein's genius -- taking a commonplace observation, combining it with some
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-- Samuel Johnson When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life
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-- The Beatles, The last lyric of their last song In olden times, sacrifices were made at the altar, a practice which is still very much practiced.
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NEIGHBOR, n. One whom we are commanded to love as ourselves, and who does all he knows
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-- Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, 1911 "Failure is not an option!" (Ed Harris, as Gene Kranz, Apollo 13) "In times of change learners inherit the earth; while the learned find themselves beautifully equipped to deal with a world that no longer exists." (Eric Hoffer) What we anticipate seldom occurs: but what we least expect generally happens.
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I read the book of Job last night - I don't think God comes out well in it.
-- Virginia Woolf Education is a progressive discovery of our own ignorance.
- Will Durant I haven't committed a crime. What I did was fail to comply with the law.
-- David Dinkins, New York City Mayor, answering accusations that he failed to pay his taxes. "If there is something to pardon in everything, there is also something to condemn." (Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche, The Will to Power, 1888) Obstacles cannot crush me. Every obstacle yields to stern resolve. He who is fixed to a star does
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