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The possession of unlimited power will make a despot of almost any man. There is a possible Nero in the gentlest human creature that walks.: Thomas Bailey, 'Leaves from a Notebook,' Ponkapog Papers, 1903
Sin bravely...We will never have all the facts to make a perfect judgement, but with the aid of basic experience we must leap bravely into the future.: Russell R. McIntyre
It's no longer a question of staying healthy. It's a question of finding a sickness you like.: Jackie Mason (1934 - )
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Before a war military science seems a real science, like astronomy; but after a war it seems more like astrology.: Rebecca West (1892 - 1983)
Nothing in life is to be feared, it is only to be understood. Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.: Marie Curie (1867 - 1934)
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New York now leads the world's great cities in the number of people around whom you shouldn't make a sudden move.: David Letterman (1947 - )
Never compare your inside with somebody else's outside.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 13, 08-22-04
Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.: Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), 'Cato'
Never attribute to malice what can be adequately explained by stupidity.: Unknown, Hanlon's Razor
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Don't reserve your best behavior for special occasions. You can't have two sets of manners, two social codes - one for those you admire and want to impress, another for those whom you consider unimportant. You must be the same to all people.: Lillian Eichler Watson
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Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
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There are worse things in life than death. Have you ever spent an evening with an insurance salesman?: Woody Allen (1935 - )
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Life is constantly providing us with new funds, new resources, even when we are reduced to immobility. In life's ledger there is no such thing as frozen assets.: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
If you don't think your life is worth more than someone else's, sign your donor card and kill yourself now.: Matthew V. Lewis, House M.D., Last Resort, 2008
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Entropy is the normal state of consciousness - a condition that is neither useful nor enjoyable.: Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience, 1990
Discovery consists of seeing what everybody has seen and thinking what nobody has thought.: Albert Szent-Gyorgyi (1893 - 1986), in Irving Good, The Scientist Speculates (1962)
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No.: Amy Carter, (President Jimmy Carter's daughter) when asked by a reporter if she had any message for the children of America
We rarely think people have good sense unless they agree with us.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680), Maximes (1678)
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A gift in season is a double favor to the needy.: Publilius Syrus (~100 BC), Moral Sayings, 100 B.C.
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If you want others to be happy, practice compassion. If you want to be happy, practice compassion.: The Dalai Lama (1935 - )
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