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To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.: Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks"
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If someone offers you a gift, and you decline to accept it, the other person still owns that gift. The same is true of insults and verbal attacks.: Steve Pavlina, How to Win an Argument, 08-31-05
Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, sc. 1
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People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.: Thich Nhat Hanh
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In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.: George Matthew Adams
Love thy neighbour as yourself, but choose your neighbourhood.: Louise Beal
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.: Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)
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Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.: Alice Munro
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Our children change us... whether they live or not.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
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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)
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.: Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.: Oscar Arias Sanchez (1941 - )
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If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.: Dean Martin
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I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.: Rita Rudner
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.: Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Eleonora"
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So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
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An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.: John H. Patterson
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It is a sadness of growing older that we lose our ardent appreciation of what is new and different and difficult.: Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
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If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.: John Atkinson