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When the habitually even-tempered suddenly fly into a passion, that explosion is apt to be more impressive than the outburst of the most violent amongst us.: Margery Allingham, Death of a Ghost, 1934
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We are always in search of the redeeming formula, the crystallizing thought.: Etty Hillesum
This above all: to thine own self be true; And it must follow, as the night the day; Thou canst not then be false to any man.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), 'Hamlet,' Act I, Scene iii
A man is not idle because he is absorbed in thought. There is a visible labor and there is an invisible labor.: Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885)
Seriousness is the only refuge of the shallow.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.: Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821)
To be conscious that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881), Sybil, 1845
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There's only one way to have a happy marriage and as soon as I learn what it is I'll get married again.: Clint Eastwood (1930 - )
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One of the first duties of the physician is to educate the masses not to take medicine.: Sir William Osler (1849 - 1919), Aphorisms from his Bedside Teachings (1961) p. 105
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To make pleasures pleasant, shorten them.: Charles Buxton
Somewhere on this globe, every ten seconds, there is a woman giving birth to a child. She must be found and stopped.: Sam Levenson (1911 - 1980)
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We are an impossibility in an impossible universe.: Ray Bradbury (1920 - )
What I know for sure is that what you give comes back to you.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
You cannot run away from a weakness; you must sometimes fight it out or perish. And if that be so, why not now, and where you stand?: Robert Louis Stevenson (1850 - 1894)
Give me the luxuries of life and I will willingly do without the necessities.: Frank Lloyd Wright (1869 - 1959), quoted in his obituary, April 9, 1959
The only way to be truly misogynistic is to be a woman.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive webcomic, 11-11-04
The less you can live on, the more chance your idea will succeed. This is true even after you’ve 'made it'.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 31. Remain Frugal., 08-22-04
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.: Alfred Adler (1870 - 1937)
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)
If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.: Quentin Crisp
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