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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), 'The Strenuous Life,' 1900
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We would worry less about what others think of us if we realized how seldom they do.: Ethel Barrett
One of the things about equality is not just that you be treated equally to a man, but that you treat yourself equally to the way you treat a man.: Marlo Thomas
A certain amount of opposition is a great help to a man; it is what he wants and must have to be good for anything. Hardship and opposition are the native soil of manhood and self-reliance.: John Neal
Never seem more learned than the people you are with. Wear your learning like a pocket watch and keep it hidden. Do not pull it out to count the hours, but give the time when you are asked.: Lord Chesterfield (1694 - 1773)
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The moral virtues, then, are produced in us neither by nature nor against nature. Nature, indeed, prepares in us the ground for their reception, but their complete formation is the product of habit.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
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It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )
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The good or ill of a man lies within his own will.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
There are two ways to pass a hurdle: leaping over or plowing through... There needs to be a monster truck option.: Jeph Jacques, Questionable Content #1356, 03-10-09
To be always fortunate, and to pass through life with a soul that has never known sorrow, is to be ignorant of one half of nature.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.: Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
The only comfort comes in thinking about how nice it was to know them, and how nice it was to brush against goodness for a season.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, August 5, 2003
Drink nothing without seeing it; sign nothing without reading it.: Spanish Proverb
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May I never miss a sunset or a rainbow because I am looking down.: Sara June Parker
All important persons have about them someone in a subordinate position who has their ear. These dependents are very susceptible to slights, and, when they are not treated as they think they should be, will by well-directed shafts, constantly repeated, poison the minds of their patrons against those who have provoked their animosity. It is well to keep in with them.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
Let us have a care not to disclose our hearts to those who shut up theirs against us.: Francis Beaumont (1584 - 1616)
I don't necessarily agree with everything I say.: Marshall McLuhan (1911 - 1980)
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We are advertis'd by our loving friends.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616)
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Books are the quietest and most constant of friends; they are the most accessible and wisest of counsellors, and the most patient of teachers.: Charles W. Eliot (1834 - 1926), The Happy Life, 1896
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Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out.: Christina Baldwin