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Men are born with two eyes, but only one tongue, in order that they should see twice as much as they say.: Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
My loathings are simple: stupidity, oppression, crime, cruelty, soft music.: Vladimir Nabokov (1899 - 1977)
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A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.: Thomas Szasz, The Second Sin (1973) "Childhood"
Guilt is anger directed at ourselves--at what we did or did not do.: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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What has a man's face to do with his character? Can a man of good character help having a disagreeable face?: Ann Radcliffe (1764 - 1823), The Mysteries of Udolpho, 1764
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Certainly, travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living.: Miriam Beard
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A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.: Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988), Time Enough for Love, 1978
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If you have been touched by the success fairy, people think you know why. People think success breeds enlightenment and you are duty-bound to spread around like manure. Fertilize those young minds!: Meryl Streep (1949 - ), Barnard Commencement Speech, 2010
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It's been my experience that you can nearly always enjoy things if you make up your mind firmly that you will.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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The man who says he is willing to meet you halfway is usually a poor judge of distance.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
Hanging is too good for a man who makes puns; he should be drawn and quoted.: Fred Allen (1894 - 1956)
I've come to believe that each of us has a personal calling that's as unique as a fingerprint - and that the best way to succeed is to discover what you love and then find a way to offer it to others in the form of service, working hard, and also allowing the energy of the universe to lead you.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, September 2002
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Beware of dissipating your powers; strive constantly to concentrate them. Genius thinks it can do whatever it sees others doing, but is sure to repent of every ill-judged outlay.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
There's no praise to beat the sort you can put in your pocket.: Moliere (1622 - 1673)
Failure will never overtake me if my determination to succeed is strong enough.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), 'Treasury for the Free World,' 1946
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Don't laugh at a youth for his affectations; he is only trying on one face after another to find his own.: Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946)
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The body is an instrument, the mind its function, the witness and reward of its operation.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
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The ordinary acts we practice every day at home are of more importance to the soul than their simplicity might suggest.: Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)