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Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
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Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.: Wilson Mizner (1876 - 1933)
True silence is the rest of the mind; it is to the spirit what sleep is to the body, nourishment and refreshment.: William Penn (1644 - 1718)
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The future is an opaque mirror. Anyone who tries to look into it sees nothing but the dim outlines of an old and worried face.: Jim Bishop, New York Journal-American, March 14, 1959
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The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.: Oscar Arias Sanchez (1941 - )
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Be more splendid, more extraordinary. Use every moment to fill yourself up.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, February 2003
As I know more of mankind I expect less of them, and am ready now to call a man a good man upon easier terms than I was formerly.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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Organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year and spends very little on office supplies.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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In most pursuits, one's self is one of the biggest hurdles to get over. You can't pursue something and be committed to it if you're apologizing for it at every party.: Lisa Kudrow, Vasser Commencement Address, 2010
We've heard that a million monkeys at a million keyboards could produce the complete works of Shakespeare; now, thanks to the Internet, we know that is not true.: Robert Wilensky, speech at a 1996 conference
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Take the diplomacy out of war and the thing would fall flat in a week.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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I like long walks, especially when they are taken by people who annoy me.: Noel Coward (1899 - 1973)
Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.: Steve Jobs (1955 - 2011)
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A successful marriage requires falling in love many times, always with the same person.: Mignon McLaughlin
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Most of the time I don't have much fun. The rest of the time I don't have any fun at all.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.: Phyllis Theroux, in House Beautiful Magazine
You can pretend to be serious; you can't pretend to be witty.: Sacha Guitry (1885 - 1957)
The older I grow the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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It is when power is wedded to chronic fear that it becomes formidable.: Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983), The Passionate State of Mind, 1954
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