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Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.: Antoinette Brown Blackwell (1825 - 1921)
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Joy is not in things; it is in us.: Richard Wagner
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A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself.: Jessamyn West (1902 - 1984)
The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.: Edith Sodergran
I can't bring myself to say, 'Well, I guess I'll be toddling along.' It isn't that I can't toddle. It's just that I can't guess I'll toddle.: Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
Set all things in their own peculiar place, and know that order is the greatest grace.: John Dryden (1631 - 1700)
It is an interesting question how far men would retain their relative rank if they were divested of their clothes.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Walden, 1854
Oregano is the spice of life.: Henry J. Tillman
As scarce as truth is, the supply has always been in excess of the demand.: Josh Billings (1818 - 1885), 'Affurisms from Josh Billings: His Sayings,' 1865
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In recent years, we've become enamored with our own past success. Lulled into complacency by the glitter of our own achievements. We've become accustomed to the title of Military Superpower, forgetting the qualities that got us there. We've become accustomed to our economic dominance in the world, forgetting that it wasn't reckless deals and get rich quick schemes that got us where we are, but hard work and smart ideas, quality products and wise investments.: Barack Obama (1961 - ), Arizona State Commencement Speech, 2009
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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.: Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Myself"
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To have a right to do a thing is not at all the same as to be right in doing it.: G. K. Chesterton (1874 - 1936)
It's all very well to read about sorrows and imagine yourself living through them heroically, but it's not so nice when you really come to have them, is it?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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Things won are done; joy's soul lies in the doing.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Troilus and Cressida, Act 1, Scene 2
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Forgiveness does not always lead to a healed relationship. Some people are not capable of love, and it might be wise to let them go along with your anger. Wish them well, and let them go their way.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, July 7, 2003
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I get a lot of cracks about my hair, mostly from men who don't have any.: Ann Richards
But when a young lady is to be a heroine, the perverseness of forty surrounding families cannot prevent her. Something must and will happen to throw a hero in her way.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Northanger Abbey
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Enquire not what boils in another's pot.: Thomas Fuller (1608 - 1661)
We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
One of the greatest victories you can gain over someone is to beat him at politeness.: Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
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