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By desiring little, a poor man makes himself rich.: Democritus (460 BC - 370 BC)
I once wanted to become an atheist, but I gave up - they have no holidays.: Henny Youngman (1906 - 1998)
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Heroing is one of the shortest-lived professions there is.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935), Newspaper article, Feb. 15, 1925
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Do not listen to those who weep and complain, for their disease is contagious.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
It is healthier to see the good points of others than to analyze our own bad ones.: Francoise Sagan (1935 - )
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden, 1854
Enjoy when you can, and endure when you must.: Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
I like life. It's something to do.: Ronnie Shakes
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.: Saki (1870 - 1916), "The Square Egg", 1924
Joy is not in things; it is in us.: Richard Wagner
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As long as people will accept crap, it will be financially profitable to dispense it.: Dick Cavett (1936 - )
Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
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Beware when the great God lets loose a thinker on this planet.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
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Of all the self-fulfilling prophecies in our culture, the assumption that aging means decline and poor health is probably the deadliest.: Marilyn Ferguson, The Aquarian Conspiracy, 1980
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The human heart cannot love the whole world. And if you try to put the whole world into your heart, you will eventually lose touch with your own humanity.: Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher, 05-01-07
I believe that uncertainty is really my spirit's way of whispering, "I'm in flux. I can't decide for you. Something is off-balance here.": Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine, June 2003
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About the only thing that comes to us without effort is old age.: Gloria Pitzer, in Reader's Digest, 1979
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Lawyers, I suppose, were children once.: Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834)
Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 2
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Secret thoughts and open countenance will go safely over the whole world.: Scipione Alberti
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