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We should conduct ourselves not as if we ought to live for the body, but as if we could not live without it.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
If we were to care about every person suffering on this planet, life would shut down.: David Shore, House M.D., One Day, One Room, 2007
He who wonders discovers that this in itself is wonder.: M. C. Escher (1898 - 1972)
Death is the enemy. I spent 10 years of my life singlemindedly studying, practicing, fighting hand to hand in close quarters to defeat the enemy, to send him back bloodied and humble and I am not going to roll over and surrender.: Diane Frolov and Andrew Schneider, Northern Exposure, First Snow, 1993
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Ignorant men don't know what good they hold in their hands until they've flung it away.: Sophocles (496 BC - 406 BC)
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Life is full of surprises and and serendipity. Being open to unexpected turns in the road is an important part of success. If you try to plan every step, you may miss those wonderful twists and turns. Just find your next adventure-do it well, enjoy it-and then, not now, think about what comes next.: Condoleeza Rice
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Never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. People will take you very much at your own reckoning.: Anthony Trollope (1815 - 1882)
The second half of a man's life is made up of nothing but the habits he has acquired during the first half.: Fyodor Dostoevsky (1821 - 1881)
The truth is that all of us attain the greatest success and happiness possible in this life whenever we use our native capacities to their greatest extent.: Dr. Smiley Blanton
Be courteous, be obliging, but don't give yourself over to be melted down for the benefit of the tallow trade.: George Eliot (1819 - 1880)
The reward for conformity was that everyone liked you except yourself.: Rita Mae Brown, Venus Envy
Every moment of one's existence one is growing into more or retreating into less.: Norman Mailer (1923 - 2007)
Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.: Lin Yutang
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Insist on yourself; never imitate... Every great man is unique.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Costly thy habit [dress] as thy purse can buy; But not expressed in fancy - rich, not gaudy. For the apparel oft proclaims the man.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Hamlet,' Act I, Scene iii
The problem with political jokes is they get elected.: Henry Cate VII
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Everybody hates me because I'm so universally liked.: Peter de Vries
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.: Jackie Mason (1934 - )
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Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth our powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered.: Daniel Webster (1782 - 1852), Address at the laying of the cornerstone of the bunker hill monument
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Be very circumspect in the choice of thy company. In the society of thine equals thou shalt enjoy more pleasure; in the society of thy superiors thou shalt find more profit. To be the best in the company is the way to grow worse.: Francis Quarles (1592 - 1644)
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