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-- G. K. Chesterton "A wise man among the ignorant is as a beautiful girl in the company of blind men." (Saadi) If we may believe our logicians, man is distinguished from all other creatures by the
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It's impossible to experience one's death objectively and still carry a tune.
-- Woody Allen You must first have a lot of patience to learn to have patience.
-- Stanislaw J. Lec "This is slavery, not to speak one's thought." (Euripides) If you want anything done well, do it yourself. This is why most people laugh at their own jokes.
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Universities incline wits to sophistry and affectation.
-- Francis Bacon "We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled but as candles to be lit." (Robert Shaffer) Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is a
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-- Oscar Wilde The Church is an organism that grows best in an alien society.
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A friendship founded on business is better than a business founded on friendship.
- John D. Rockefeller True, we love life, not because we are used to living, but because we are used to loving. There is
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-- Friedrich Nietzsch "Beauty without expression is boring." (Ralph Waldo Emerson) I have an existential map; it has 'you are here' written all over it.
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All marriages are happy. It's living together afterwards that is difficult.
-- Anonymous "What is tolerance? -- it is the consequence of humanity. We are all formed of frailty and error; let us pardon reciprocally each other's folly -- that is the first law of nature." (Francois Marie Ar Good teaching is one-fourth preparation and three-fourths theater.
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I am going to put myself to sleep now for a bit longer than usual. Call the time Eternity." (Jerzy Kosinski, Polish novelist, from his suicide note) Marriage: the only sport in which the trapped animal has to buy the license. Marriage: A ceremony in which rings are put on the finger of the lady and around the hands and feet of the man. Life isn't about finding yourself. Life is about creating yourself.
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It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.
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-- Leonardo da Vinci Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
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-- Margaret Mead the social sciences were for all those who had not yet decided what to do with their lives, and for
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-- Paul Dirac The only weapon that becomes sharper with constant use is the tongue.
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-- Howard Aiken Criticism is prejudice made plausible.
- Henry Louis Mencken The philosophy exam was a piece of cake -- which was a bit of a surprise, actually, because I
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A beauty is a woman you notice; A charmer is one who notices you.
-- Adlai Stevenson "Today was good. / Today was fun. / Tomorrow is another one." (Theodor Seuss Geisel, a.k.a. Dr. Seuss, 1904-1991) Love is much nicer to be in than an automobile accident, a tight girdle, a higher tax bracket, or a
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-- Judith Viorst I was under medication when I made the decision not to burn the tapes.
-- Richard Nixon, U.S. President To love someone deeply gives you strength. Being loved by someone deeply gives you courage.
-- Lao Tzu Investment Clubs Diplomat: A man who can convince his wife she would look stout in a fur coat. Experience is what you get when you don't get what you want.
-- Don Stanford A woman seldom asks advice before she has bought her wedding clothes.
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Work is the curse of the drinking class.
-- Oscar Wilde Bigamy is having one wife too many. Monogamy is the same.
-- Oscar Wilde The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are the more leisure we have.
-- William Hazlitt If you can't sleep, then get up and do something instead of lying there and worrying. It's the worry
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-- Dale Carnegie Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is most important that you do it.
-- Gandhi Investment Clubs Nature gave men two ends - one to sit on and one to think with. Ever since then man's success or
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