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I know just how frustrating it can be when you're tired and exhausted, but you still want to draw something.: Ward Jenkins, Ward-O-Matic, 03-23-2006
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I do not know which makes a man more conservative—to know nothing but the present, or nothing but the past.: John Maynard Keynes (1883 - 1946), The End of Laissez-faire (1926) Ch. 1
Neither enemy faces, nor the mothers that love them, come to mind when one is thinking of nothing but endeavouring to survive. Philosophising about war is useless under fire.: Linda Berdoll, Mr. Darcy Takes A Wife, 2004
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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)
Language most shews a man: Speak, that I may see thee.: Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637)
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
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Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.: Peter de Vries
There is no wisdom without love.: N. Sri Ram
If you can't be funny, be interesting.: Harold Ross
I honestly don't know how you live without having a cat inside your house. It's like having a little living piece of art that is also very warm and soft.: Hank Green, Vlogbrothers, Cat GIF Critique, 04-26-13
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Noble life demands a noble architecture for noble uses of noble men. Lack of culture means what it has always meant: ignoble civilization and therefore imminent downfall.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)
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Statistics: The only science that enables different experts using the same figures to draw different conclusions.: Evan Esar (1899 - 1995), Esar's Comic Dictionary
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If you find serenity and happiness, some people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.: Mother Teresa (1910 - 1997)
Mustard's no good without roast beef.: Chico Marx (1891 - 1961)
Some of the most devastating things that happen to you will teach you the most.: Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane Commencement Speech, 2009
Devotees of grammatical studies have not been distinguished for any very remarkable felicities of expression.: Amos Bronson Alcott (1799 - 1888)
It has always been the prerogative of children and half-wits to point out that the emperor has no clothes. But the half-wit remains a half-wit, and the emperor remains an emperor.: Neil Gaiman, Sandman
One act of beneficence, one act of real usefulness, is worth all the abstract sentiment in the world. Sentiment is a disgrace, instead of an ornament, unless it lead us to good actions.: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
Sometimes the laughter in mothering is the recognition of the ironies and absurdities. Sometime, though, it's just pure, unthinking delight.: Barbara Schapiro, O Magazine, May 2003
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Outer space is no place for a person of breeding.: Lady Violet Bonham Carter (1887 - 1969)