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The one serious conviction that a man should have is that nothing is to be taken too seriously.: Nicholas Butler (1862 - 1947)
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.: George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)
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Who knew that dog saliva can mend a broken heart?: Jennifer Neal, nakedjen, 07-22-08
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Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.: Theodore Roosevelt (1858 - 1919), Speech in New York, September 7, 1903
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Trouble is part of your life, and if you don't share it, you don't give the person who loves you a chance to love you enough.: Dinah Shore (1917 - 1994)
What is a cynic? A man who knows the price of everything and the value of nothing.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), Lady Windermere's Fan, 1892, Act III
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Never marry but for love; but see that thou lovest what is lovely.: William Penn (1644 - 1718)
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Skepticism, like chastity, should not be relinquished too readily.: George Santayana (1863 - 1952)
Middle age is when you've met so many people that every new person you meet reminds you of someone else.: Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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Courage and perseverance have a magical talisman, before which difficulties disappear and obstacles vanish into air.: John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)
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When any two young people take it into their heads to marry, they are pretty sure by perseverance to carry their point, be they ever so poor, or ever so imprudent, or ever so little likely to be necessary to each other's ultimate comfort.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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No animal should ever jump up on the dining-room furniture unless absolutely certain that he can hold his own in the conversation.: Fran Lebowitz (1950 - )
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Nothing you can't spell will ever work.: Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
Before I got married I had six theories about bringing up children; now I have six children and no theories.: John Wilmot
I'm still an atheist, thank God.: Luis Bunuel (1900 - 1983)
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Forgiveness is the healing of wounds caused by another. You choose to let go of a past wrong and no longer be hurt by it. Forgiveness is a strong move to make, like turning your shoulders sideways to walk quickly on a crowded sidewalk. It's your move.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, July 7, 2003
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Be not so bigoted to any custom as to worship it at the expense of truth.: Johann Georg von Zimmermann
Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
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Income tax returns are the most imaginative fiction being written today.: Herman Wouk (1915 - )
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Painting is just another way of keeping a diary.: Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
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