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are. Write much as you would speak; speak as you think. If with your inferior, speak no coarser
tha Men have a much better time of it than women; for one thing, they marry later; for another thing, they die earlier. --H.L. Mencken "The only man who behaved sensibly was my tailor; he took my measurement anew every time he saw me, while all the rest went on with their old measurements and expected them to fit me." (George Bernar People think we make $3 million and $4 million a year. They don't realize that most of us only
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- Sir Winston Churchill Arts and Entertainment
Integrity is what we do, what we say, and what we say we do.
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top.
-- Ed Abbey The Middle Eastern states aren't nations; they're quarrels with borders.
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-- Anonymous Arts and Entertainment To love another person is to see the face of God.
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Perhaps the most valuable result of all education is the ability to make yourself do the thing you
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-- D. H. Lawrence One of the symptoms of an approaching nervous breakdown is the belief that one's work is
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- Bertrand Russell
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A little inaccuracy sometimes saves a ton If you are going through hell, keep going.
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-- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Arts and Entertainment
There is no one so bound to his own face that he does not cherish the hope of presenting another
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opens his fingers then- he needn't hope to find himself again.
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-- Albert Schweitzer Arts and Entertainment "When a girl marries, she exchanges the attentions of all the other men of her acquaintance for the inattention of just one." (Helen Rowland) Success is just a matter of attitude.
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It is a known fact that men are practical, hardheaded realists, in contrast to women, who are
romantic dreamers and actually believe that estrogenic skin cream must do something or they
couldn't cha "All women become like their mothers. That is their tragedy. No man does. That's his." (Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest) Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health,
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-- Ralph Waldo Emerson Never go to bed angry. Stay up and fight.
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I never hated a man enough to give him his diamonds back.
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powers as a State depend.
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-- Sydney Smith Marriages are made in heaven and consummated on Earth.
-- John Lyly Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of
humor is just common sense, dancing.
-- Clive James Arts and Entertainment
Like a prune, you are not getting any better looking, but you are getting sweeter.
-- N. D. Stice "The order of the world is always right - such is the judgment of God. For God has departed, but he has left his judgment behind, the way the Cheshire Cat left his grin." (Jean Baudrillard) May you never leave your marriage alive. "Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of g No wonder nobody comes here--it's too crowded.
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-- Dr. Strangelove Arts and Entertainment
Question: Ted Kennedy: "Where was George?"
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-- Tony Bennett, 1995 Defeat never comes to any man until he admits it.
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-- James Carville, Clinton advisor, offering advice for Democrats on the term-limits vote in the
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In olden times sacrifices were made at the altar--a practice which is still continued.
-- Helen Rowland If it weren't for marriage, men and women would have to fight with total strangers.
-- Anonymous I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
-- Robert G. Ingersoll Good-bye. I am leaving because I am bored.
-- George Saunders - last words May you be too good for the world and not good enough for your wife. Arts and Entertainment Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.
-- Ralph Waldo Emerson Love one another and you will be happy. It's as simple and as difficult as that.
-- Michael Leunig Whenever a husband and wife begin to discuss their marriage, they are giving evidence at an
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-- H. L. Mencken Arts and Entertainment
