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A liberal is a man too broadminded to take his own side in a quarrel.: Robert Frost (1874 - 1963)
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Get not your friends by bare compliments, but by giving them sensible tokens of your love.: Socrates (469 BC - 399 BC)
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Technical term is narcissism. You can't believe everything is your fault unless you also believe you're all powerful.: Matt Witten, House M.D., Humpty Dumpty, 2005
Charity sees the need not the cause.: German Proverb
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It has never been my object to record my dreams, just to realize them.: Man Ray, O Magazine, September 2002
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Intimacy is what makes a marriage, not a ceremony, not a piece of paper from the state.: Kathleen Norris
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If you have knowledge, let others light their candles at it.: Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850)
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The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - )
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[Memory is] a man's real possession...In nothing else is he rich, in nothing else is he poor.: Alexander Smith (1830 - 1867)
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We live in an age when unnecessary things are our only necessities.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900)
When people think the world of you, be careful with them.: Margaret Cho, Margaret Cho Blog, 09-26-05
Ninety-eight percent of the adults in this country are decent, hard-working, honest Americans. It's the other lousy two percent that get all the publicity. But then--we elected them.: Lily Tomlin (1939 - )
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Some for renown, on scraps of learning dote, And think they grow immortal as they quote.: Edward Young (1683 - 1765), Love of Fame (satire I, l. 89)
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Don't look for more honor than your learning merits.: Jewish Proverb
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We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all that we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.: Charles Kingsley (1819 - 1875)
For all their strength, men were sometimes like little children.: Lawana Blackwell, The Dowry of Miss Lydia Clark, 1999
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What some call health, if purchased by perpetual anxiety about diet, isn't much better than tedious disease.: George Dennison Prentice
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The only function of economic forecasting is to make astrology look respectable.: John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
A hug is a wonderful thing. It makes you feel wanted, needed, and loved all at the same time.: Gregory Garcia and Dan Coscino, Raising Hope, Happy Halloween, October 26, 2010
If you're trying to take a roomful of people by surprise, it's a lot easier to hit your targets if you don't yell going through the door.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "The Warrior's Apprentice", 1986