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It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator (1897)
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Don't accept rides from strange men, and remember that all men are strange.: Robin Morgan
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Do not do unto others as you would that they should do unto you. Their tastes may not be the same.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), Man and Superman (1903), Maxims for Revolutionists
We are all apt to believe what the world believes about us.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
School is learning things you don't want to know, surrounded by people you wish you didn't know, while working toward a future you don't know will ever come.: Dave Kellett, Sheldon, 10-09-11
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Self-reliance is the only road to true freedom, and being one's own person is its ultimate reward.: Patricia Sampson
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A wise man gets more use from his enemies than a fool from his friends.: Baltasar Gracian
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Nothing great in the world has been accomplished without passion.: Georg Wilhelm, O Magazine, September 2003
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The trouble with jogging is that, by the time you realize you're not in shape for it, it's too far to walk back.: Franklin P. Jones
Don't stay long when the husband is not at home.: Japanese Proverb
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A man's respect for law and order exists in precise relationship to the size of his paycheck.: Adam Clayton Powell Jr. (1908 - 1972), "Keep the Faith, Baby!", 1967
When there's snow on the ground, I like to pretend I'm walking on clouds.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
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Don't get yourself arrested and make your day worse! If you need to vent, just smash something that's already broken! You can't get in trouble for wrecking the unsalvageable!: R. Stevens, Diesel Sweeties, 11-06-06
A mind, like a home, is furnished by its owner, so if one's life is cold and bare he can blame none but himself.: Louis L'Amour (1908 - 1988), 'Bendigo Shafter'
To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization.: Arnold Toynbee (1889 - 1975)
The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly, terribly deceived.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), A Woman of No Importance, Act 3
In reality, serendipity accounts for one percent of the blessings we receive in life, work and love. The other 99 percent is due to our efforts.: Peter McWilliams
Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water.: Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves - in finding themselves.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
What is youth except a man or a woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
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