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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1
TV is chewing gum for the eyes.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959)
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A quotation, like a pun, should come unsought, and then be welcomed only for some propriety of felicity justifying the intrusion.: Robert Chapman
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The kind of beauty I want most is the hard-to-get kind that comes from within - strength, courage, dignity.: Ruby Dee
If we don't succeed, we run the risk of failure.: Anonymous, often attributed to Dan Quayle
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Acceptance is such an important commodity, some have called it "the first law of personal growth.": Peter McWilliams, Life 101
The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.: Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
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To flatter and follow others, without being flattered and followed in turn, is but a state of half enjoyment.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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Don't let it end like this. Tell them I said something.: Pancho Villa (1877 - 1923), last words
Humor is also a way of saying something serious.: T. S. Eliot (1888 - 1965)
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It never pays to deal with the flyweights of the world. They take far too much pleasure in thwarting you at every turn.: Sue Grafton (1940 - ), 'H' Is for Homicide, 1991
A misery is not to be measured from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.: Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719)
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Indecision may or may not be my problem.: Jimmy Buffett
I do not want people to be agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817)
An honest man can feel no pleasure in the exercise of power over his fellow citizens.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), letter to John Melish, January 13, 1813
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Be courteous to all, but intimate with few; and let those few be well tried before you give them your confidence.: George Washington (1732 - 1799)
Dreams alone aren't enough to make your belly full.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
To get thine ends, lay bashfulness aside; Who fears to ask, doth teach to be deny'd.: Robert Herrick (1591 - 1674)
Reading maketh a full man, conference a ready man, and writing an exact man.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
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It is well to give when asked but it is better to give unasked, through understanding.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), 'On Giving,' The Prophet, 1923
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