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You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.: John Viscount Morley
What very mysterious things days were. Sometimes they fly by, and other times they seem to last forever, yet they are all exactly twenty-four hours. There's quite a lot we don't know about them.: Melanie Benjamin, Alice I Have Been, 2010
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Never stand begging for that which you have the power to earn.: Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
You can never underestimate the stupidity of the general public.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), The Dilbert Future
You have to be careful who you let define your good.: Lois McMaster Bujold, A Civil Campaign, 1999
The past is a source of knowledge, and the future is a source of hope. Love of the past implies faith in the future.: Stephen Ambrose (1936 - 2002), in Fast Company
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Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.: Marcus Valerius Martialis (40 AD - 103 AD)
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I believe our longing for an innate harmony runs deeper than our longing for righteousness.: Evelyn Rodriguez, Crossroads Dispatches, 04-12-2006
Many people despise wealth, but few know how to give it away.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Don't ever take a fence down until you know the reason it was put up.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
I had a monumental idea this morning, but I didn't like it.: Samuel Goldwyn (1882 - 1974)
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I have a rock garden. Last week three of them died.: Richard Diran
We are rich only through what we give, and poor only through what we refuse.: Anne-Sophie Swetchine
Everybody has difficult years, but a lot of times the difficult years end up being the greatest years of your whole entire life, if you survive them.: Brittany Murphy, Seventeen Magazine, September 2003
The more you chase money, the harder it is to catch it.: Mike Tatum, Cashing In or Selling Out, SXSW 2006
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Keep your broken arm inside your sleeve.: Chinese Proverb
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If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.: Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850)
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Every mile is two in winter.: George Herbert (1593 - 1633), Jacula Prudentum
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Invention is the mother of necessity.: Thorstein Veblen (1857 - 1929)
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One must know oneself, if this does not serve to discover truth, it at least serves as a rule of life and there is nothing better.: Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662)