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Mortals believe gods to be omnipotent and ever-knowing. The truth is more slippery; their limitations are multiple, kaleidoscopic, and idiosyncratic.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Gods of Jade and Shadow, 2019
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When you want to believe in something, you also have to believe in everything that's necessary for believing in it.
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Ugo Betti, Struggle Till Dawn
Take everything you like seriously, except yourselves.
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Rudyard Kipling (1865 - 1936)
There is no security on this earth, there is only opportunity.
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General Douglas MacArthur (1880 - 1964)
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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
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Joseph Roux
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Life is pain, anyone who says differently is selling something.
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William Goldman, The Princess Bride
Free advice is worth the price.
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Robert Half
I didn't mind getting old when I was young. It's the being old now that's getting to me.
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John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
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When people are free to do as they please, they usually imitate each other.
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Eric Hoffer (1902 - 1983)
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.
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Dorothy Parker (1893 - 1967), Not So Deep as a Well (1937), "Comment"
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Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Letters and Social Aims: The Comic, 1876
The strongest is never strong enough to be always the master, unless he transforms strength into right, and obedience into duty.
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Jean Jacques Rousseau (1712 - 1778), The Social Contract, 1762
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Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans.
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John Lennon (1940 - 1980), "Beautiful Boy"
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One single grateful thought raised to heaven is the most perfect prayer.
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G. E. Lessing (1729 - 1781)
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If God lived on earth, people would break his windows.
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Jewish Proverb
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There is but one temple in the universe and that is the body of man.
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Novalis (1772 - 1801)
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You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun.
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Al Capone (1899 - 1947)
There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.
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Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
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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The only good is knowledge and the only evil is ignorance.
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Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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