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To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser.
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Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks"
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.
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Steve Pavlina, How to Win an Argument, 08-31-05
Some cupid kills with arrows, some with traps.
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William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Much Ado About Nothing, Act III, sc. 1
People have a hard time letting go of their suffering. Out of a fear of the unknown, they prefer suffering that is familiar.
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Thich Nhat Hanh
In this life we get only those things for which we hunt, for which we strive, and for which we are willing to sacrifice.
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George Matthew Adams
Love thy neighbour as yourself, but choose your neighbourhood.
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Louise Beal
Consistency is the last refuge of the unimaginative.
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Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
Never trust the advice of a man in difficulties.
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Aesop (620 BC - 560 BC)
Moments of kindness and reconciliation are worth having, even if the parting has to come sooner or later.
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Alice Munro
Our children change us... whether they live or not.
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Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
Death is a friend of ours; and he that is not ready to entertain him is not at home.
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Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
Never hold discussions with the monkey when the organ grinder is in the room.
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Sir Winston Churchill (1874 - 1965)
The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.
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Oscar Arias Sanchez (1941 - )
If you drink, don't drive. Don't even putt.
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Dean Martin
I was a vegetarian until I started leaning toward the sunlight.
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Rita Rudner
Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
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Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849), "Eleonora"
So long as we live among men, let us cherish humanity.
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Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
An executive is a person who always decides; sometimes he decides correctly, but he always decides.
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John H. Patterson
It is a sadness of growing older that we lose our ardent appreciation of what is new and different and difficult.
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Elizabeth Aston, The Exploits & Adventures of Miss Alethea Darcy, 2005
If you don't run your own life, somebody else will.
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John Atkinson
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
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