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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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Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
Death comes to all But great achievements raise a monument Which shall endure until the sun grows old.: George Fabricius, 'In Praise of Georgius Agricola'
One's first book, kiss, home run, is always the best.: Clifton Fadiman (1904 - 1999)
Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.: Dave Barry (1947 - )
Nothing is said that has not been said before.: Terence (185 BC - 159 BC)
The first duty of a leader is to make himself be loved without courting love. To be loved without 'playing up' to anyone - even to himself.: Andre Malraux (1901 - 1976)
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Take the attitude of a student, never be too big to ask questions, never know too much to learn something new.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
The face is not a secondary billboard for our internal feelings. It is an equal partner in the emotional process.: Malcolm Gladwell, Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking, 2005
Everything of importance has been said before by somebody who did not discover it.: Alfred North Whitehead (1861 - 1947)
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When the conduct of men is designed to be influenced, persuasion, kind unassuming persuasion, should ever be adopted. It is an old and true maxim that 'a drop of honey catches more flies than a gallon of gall.' So with men. If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey that catches his heart, which, say what he will, is the great highroad to his reason, and which, once gained, you will find but little trouble in convincing him of the justice of your cause, if indeed that cause is really a good one.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.: Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
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If I knew I was going to live this long, I'd have taken better care of myself.: Mickey Mantle (1931 - 1995), (attributed)
This is my answer to the gap between ideas and action - I will write it out.: Hortense Calisher
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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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Oregano is the spice of life.: Henry J. Tillman
Slow down and enjoy life. It's not only the scenery you miss by going too fast - you also miss the sense of where you are going and why.: Eddie Cantor (1892 - 1964)
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The only people who find what they are looking for in life are the fault finders.: Foster's Law
The happiest excitement in life is to be convinced that one is fighting for all one is worth on behalf of some clearly seen and deeply felt good.: Ruth Benedict (1887 - 1948)