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Marriage is a great institution, but I'm not ready for an institution yet.: Mae West (1892 - 1980)
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There are some men who lift the age they inhabit, till all men walk on higher ground in that lifetime.: Maxwell Anderson (1888 - 1959)
It is better to suffer wrong than to do it, and happier to be sometimes cheated than not to trust.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)
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The one thing more difficult than following a regimen is not imposing it on others.: Marcel Proust (1871 - 1922)
I don't mind what Congress does, as long as they don't do it in the streets and frighten the horses.: Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
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Guns don't kill people. People who say "Guns don't kill people" kill people. With guns.: Rob Delaney, Twitter
You can only be young once. But you can always be immature.: Dave Barry (1947 - )
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Power corrupts. Absolute power is kind of neat.: John Lehman (1942 - ), Secretary of the Navy, 1981-1987
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When I make up my mind to do a thing it stays made up.: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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He wrapped himself in quotations- as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.: Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
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I never feel that I have comprehended an emotion, or fully lived even the smallest events, until I have reflected upon it in my journal; my pen is my truest confidant, holding in check the passions and disappointments that I dare not share even with my beloved.: Stephanie Barron, Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor, 1996
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The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.: Marcus Terentius Varro (116 BC - 27 BC)
Holding on to anger, resentment and hurt only gives you tense muscles, a headache and a sore jaw from clenching your teeth. Forgiveness gives you back the laughter and the lightness in your life.: Joan Lunden, in Healthy Living Magazine
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It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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An incompetent attorney can delay a trial for months or years. A competent attorney can delay one even longer.: Evelle J. Younger
Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.: Ernest Hemingway (1899 - 1961)
Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.: Gene Fowler
A problem is a chance for you to do your best.: Duke Ellington (1899 - 1974)
I think wholeness comes from living your life consciously during the day and then exploring your inner life or unconscious at night.: Margery Cuyler
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I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)