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A true friend is the greatest of all blessings, and that which we take the least care of all to acquire.: Francois de La Rochefoucauld (1613 - 1680)
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.: Rabbi Abraham Heschel
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The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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After an access cover has been secured by 16 hold-down screws, it will be discovered that the gasket has been omitted.: De la Lastra's Corollary
Fools admire, but men of sense approve.: Alexander Pope (1688 - 1744)
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)
It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterward.: Baltasar Gracian
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Natural ability without education has more often attained to glory and virtue than education without natural ability.: Cicero (106 BC - 43 BC)
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Justice does not come from the outside. It comes from inner peace.: Barbara Hall, A Summons to New Orleans, 2000
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It's hard to take over the world when you sleep 20 hours a day.: Darby Conley, Get Fuzzy, 06-07-04
To be poor and dependent is very nearly an impossibility.: William Cobbett (1763 - 1835), Advice to Young Men, 1829
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When Alexander the Great visited Diogenes and asked whether he could do anything for the famed teacher, Diogenes replied: 'Only stand out of my light.' Perhaps some day we shall know how to heighten creativity. Until then, one of the best things we can do for creative men and women is to stand out of their light.: John W. Gardner (1912 - 2002)
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Good habits, which bring our lower passions and appetites under automatic control, leave our natures free to explore the larger experiences of life.: Ralph W. Sockman
A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882), Self-Reliance
Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you, and be silent.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
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When we hear news we should always wait for the sacrament of confirmation.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778), letter to Le Comte d'Argental, August 28, 1760
It is fun to be in the same decade with you.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945), in a letter to Winston Churchill
Don't waste too much time trying' to be a better man, ' cause you ain't never gonna be one without a good woman.: Mark Roberts, Mike & Molly, Peggy's New Beau, May 16, 2011
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If you don't know to the second when a drunk's gonna vomit on you, you don't survive as a strip club bouncer.: Veronica Pare and Ferrett Steinmetz, Home on the Strange, 10-02-07
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)