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One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.: Helen Keller (1880 - 1968)
Do not trust all men, but trust men of worth; the former course is silly, the latter a mark of prudence.: Democritus (460 BC - 370 BC)
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A human being has a natural desire to have more of a good thing than he needs.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910), Following the Equator
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He's turned his life around. He used to be depressed and miserable. Now he's miserable and depressed.: David Frost
To disagree with three-fourths of the British public is one of the first requisites of sanity.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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The best way to compile inaccurate information that no one wants is to make it up.: Scott Adams (1957 - ), Dilbert, 07-12-09
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For all that has been, thanks. For all that will be, yes.: Dag Hammarskjold (1905 - 1961)
Character is forged in the smallest of struggles. Then, when the big challenges come, we’re ready.: Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 12-30-05
Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
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My computer beat me at chess... so I beat it at kickboxing.: Demetri Martin
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Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Woe be to him that reads but one book.: George Herbert (1593 - 1633)
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Level with your child by being honest. Nobody spots a phony quicker than a child.: Mary MacCracken
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I stopped believing in Santa Claus when my mother took me to see him in a department store, and he asked for my autograph.: Shirley Temple (1928 - )
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Television news is like a lightning flash. It makes a loud noise, lights up everything around it, leaves everything else in darkness and then is suddenly gone.: Hodding Carter
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By learning to discover and value our ordinariness, we nurture a friendliness toward ourselves and the world that is the essence of a healthy soul.: Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
Art, like morality, consists of drawing the line somewhere.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
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Basic research is what I am doing when I don't know what I am doing.: Wernher von Braun (1912 - 1977)
I have always found that mercy bears richer fruits than strict justice.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865), speech in Washington D.C., 1865
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To send a letter is a good way to go somewhere without moving anything but your heart.: Phyllis Theroux, in House Beautiful Magazine