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It is only the great men who are truly obscene. If they had not dared to be obscene, they could never have dared to be great.: Havelock Ellis (1859 - 1939)
There will come a time, when all of us are dead. All of us. There will come a time when there are no human beings remaining to remember that anyone ever existed or that our species ever did anything.: John Green (1977 - ), The Fault in Our Stars, 2012
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Be not ashamed of thy virtues; honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.: Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637)
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To gain that which is worth having, it may be necessary to lose everything else.: Burnadette Devlin, The Price of My Soul, 1969
Treasure the love you have received above all. It will survive long after your gold and good health have vanished.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
The only people who can change the world are people who want to. And not everybody does.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 17. Merit can be bought. Passion can't. , 08-22-04
You would not think that birds who have no brain at all could become so friendly. I swear some of them are more intelligent than many humans, but that says more about our fellow beings than it does about the birds.: Elizabeth Aston, The Second Mrs. Darcy, 2007
It is a curious thing... that every creed promises a paradise which will be absolutely uninhabitable for anyone of civilized taste.: Evelyn Waugh (1903 - 1966)
How beautiful maleness is, if it finds its right expression.: D. H. Lawrence (1885 - 1930)
I simply cannot understand the passion that some people have for making themselves thoroughly uncomfortable and then boasting about it afterwards.: Patricia Moyes
I'm a great believer in luck, and I find the harder I work the more I have of it.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826), (attributed)
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We don't know a millionth of one percent about anything.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931)
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.: Lady Mary Wortley Montagu (1689 - 1762)
One's real life is often the life that one does not lead.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), L'Envoi, 1882
The nine most terrifying words in the English language are, 'I'm from the government and I'm here to help.': Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
I wish people who have trouble communicating would just shut up.: Tom Lehrer (1928 - )
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Humor is just another defense against the universe.: Mel Brooks (1926 - )
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To succeed in the world it is not enough to be stupid, you must also be well-mannered.: Voltaire (1694 - 1778)
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I was coming home from kindergarten--well they told me it was kindergarten. I found out later I had been working in a factory for ten years. It's good for a kid to know how to make gloves.: Ellen DeGeneres
First secure an independent income, then practice virtue.: Greek Proverb
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