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You cannot slander human nature; it is worse than words can paint it.
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Charles Haddon Spurgeon (1834 - 1892)
It is the duty of every citizen according to his best capacities to give validity to his convictions in political affairs.
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Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), 'Treasury for the Free World,' 1946
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TV is chewing gum for the eyes.
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Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)
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Everyone in the world was programmed by the place they were born, hemmed in by their beliefs, but you had to at least try to grow your own brain
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Scott Westerfeld, Pretties, 2005
Search others for their virtues, thyself for thy vices.
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Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790)
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There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.
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Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
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I don't like to commit myself about heaven and hell-you see, I have friends in both places.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.
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Horace (65 BC - 8 BC)
A man's looks are measured by the depth of his pockets.
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Elizabeth Aston, Mr. Darcy's Daughters, 2003
What you risk reveals what you value.
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Jeanette Winterson
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Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
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John F. Kennedy (1917 - 1963)
Life is like one big Mardi Gras. But instead of showing your boobs, show people your brain, and if they like what they'll, you'll have more beads than you know what to do with.
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Ellen DeGeneres, Tulane Commencement Speech, 2009
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The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
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Russell Baker (1925 - )
They certainly give very strange names to diseases.
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Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
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Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC), 'Pro Plancio,' 54 B.C.
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Remember that it is nothing to do your duty, that is demanded of you and is no more meritorious than to wash your hands when they are dirty; the only thing that counts is the love of duty; when love and duty are one, then grace is in you and you will enjoy a happiness which passes all understanding.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Painted Veil, 1925
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A bank is a place that will lend you money if you can prove that you don't need it.
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Bob Hope (1903 - 2003)
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Facts are facts and will not disappear on account of your likes.
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Jawaharlal Nehru (1889 - 1964)
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An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.
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Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to John Melish, January 13, 1813
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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.
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Marie Ebner von Eschenbach, Aphorisms, 1905
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