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The real hero is always a hero by mistake; he dreams of being an honest coward like everybody else.: Umberto Eco (1932 - ), Travels in Hyperreality
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Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.: Jewish Proverb
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He that is of the opinion money will do everything may well be suspected of doing everything for money.: Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.: John Wilmot
Don't waste too much time trying' to be a better man, ' cause you ain't never gonna be one without a good woman.: Mark Roberts, Mike & Molly, Peggy's New Beau, May 16, 2011
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I am among those who think that science has great beauty. A scientist in his laboratory is not only a technician: he is also a child placed before natural phenomena which impress him like a fairy tale.: Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)
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Family connexions were always worth preserving, good company always worth seeking.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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Often we don't even realize who we're meant to be because we're so busy trying to live out someone else's ideas. But other people and their opinions hold no power in defining our destiny.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, November 2009
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Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment.: Baltasar Gracian
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I haven't spoken to my wife in years. I didn't want to interrupt her.: Rodney Dangerfield (1921 - 2004)
The best and safest thing is to keep a balance in your life, acknowledge the great powers around us and in us. If you can do that, and live that way, you are really a wise man.: Euripides (484 BC - 406 BC)
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Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.: John Russell
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Just the knowledge that a good book is awaiting one at the end of a long day makes that day happier.: Kathleen Norris, Hands Full of Living, 1931
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We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck... But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.: Ellen Goodman (1941 - )
If man does find the solution for world peace it will be the most revolutionary reversal of his record we have ever known.: George C. Marshall (1880 - 1959)
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People find life entirely too time-consuming.: Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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The more I study religions the more I am convinced that man never worshipped anything but himself.: Sir Richard Francis Burton (1821 - 1890)
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Self-respect is the cornerstone of all virtue.: John Herschel (1792 - 1871)
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In heaven all the interesting people are missing.: Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 - 1900)
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.: Charles F. Kettering (1876 - 1958)