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The author of the Iliad is either Homer or, if not Homer, somebody else of the same name.: Aldous Huxley (1894 - 1963)
Measure not the work until the day's out and the labor done.: Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806 - 1861)
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A life lived in chaos is an impossibility...: Madeleine L'Engle (1918 - )
Be neither too remote nor too familiar.: Prince Charles (1948 - ), of Wales
My wish is to ride the tempest, tame the waves, kill the sharks. I will not resign myself...: Trieu Thi Trinh
Though it sounds absurd, it is true to say I felt younger at sixty than I felt at twenty.: Ellen Glasgow (1873 - 1945), The Woman Within, 1954
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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970)
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Talent and intelligence never yet inoculated anyone against the caprice of the fates.: J. K. Rowling, Harvard Commencement Address, 2008
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The English language was carefully, carefully cobbled together by three blind dudes and a German dictionary.: Dave Kellett, Sheldon, 02-01-09
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Sometimes in life you don't always feel like a winner, but that doesn't mean you're not a winner.: Lady Gaga (1986 - ), Ellen Degeneres Show, 09-08-09
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More than any other time in history, mankind faces a crossroads. One path leads to despair and utter hopelessness. The other, to total extinction. Let us pray we have the wisdom to choose correctly.: Woody Allen (1935 - ), My Speech to the Graduates
The universe will reward you for taking risks on its behalf.: Shakti Gawain
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Man is the only animal that can remain on friendly terms with the victims he intends to eat until he eats them.: Samuel Butler (1835 - 1902)
Doing what you love means dealing with things you don't.: David Shore, House M.D., Last Temptation, 2011
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Reprove thy friend privately; commend him publicly.: Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)
We cannot really love anybody with whom we never laugh.: Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950), Americans and Others, 1912
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Until you walk a mile in another man's moccasins you can't imagine the smell.: Robert Byrne
It's a toss-up when you decide to leave the beaten track. Many are called, but few are chosen.: W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), The Razor's Edge, 1943
I would rather try to persuade a man to go along, because once I have persuaded him he will stick. If I scare him, he will stay just as long as he is scared, and then he is gone.: Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890 - 1969)
The meal is not over when I'm full. The meal is over when I hate myself.: Louis C. K., Louis C. K.: Chewed Up, 2008