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He who receives a benefit should never forget it; he who bestow should never remember it.: Pierre Charron
Students achieving Oneness will move on to Twoness.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
Some things have to be believed to be seen.: Ralph Hodgson, on ESP
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Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations officers.: Daniel J. Boorstin (1914 - )
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The only way to entertain some folks is to listen to them.: Kin Hubbard (1868 - 1930)
If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
A problem isn’t a problem until it actually happens.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
Truth is what stands the test of experience.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful dark.: Mary Stewart
One thing is clear to me. You can't know everything you'd like to know. You can't do everything you'd like to do. You can't read everything you'd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life.: Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher.com weblog, September 9, 2003
I never trust people's assertions, I always judge of them by their actions.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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It is a great ability to be able to conceal one's ability.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maxims, 1665
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If you wish me to weep, you must mourn first yourself.: Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
Ah! Memory impairment: the free prize at the bottom of every vodka bottle!: Chuck Lorre, Steven Molaro and Eric Kaplan, Big Bang Theory, The Agreement Dissection, 2011
One's first love is always perfect until one meets one's second love.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
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When a true genius appears in this world, you may know him by this sign, that the dunces are all in confederacy against him.: Jonathan Swift (1667 - 1745), Thoughts on Various Subjects
If our house be on fire, without inquiring whether it was fired from within or without, we must try to extinguish it.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to James Lewis, Jr., May 9, 1798
I came to realize that life lived to help others is the only one that matters and that it is my duty...This is my highest and best use as a human.: Ben Stein, E! Online, 12-20-03
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In love, one and one are one.: Jean-Paul Sartre (1905 - 1980)
People who have no weaknesses are terrible; there is no way of taking advantage of them.: Anatole France (1844 - 1924), The Crime of Sylvestre Bonnard