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...in order that a man may be happy, it is necessary that he should not only be capable of his work, but a good judge of his work.: John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
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It is the unknown we fear when we look upon death and darkness, nothing more.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005
We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society.: Judith Martin, (Miss Manners)
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We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them.: Cato the Elder (234 BC - 149 BC)
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To the soul, there is hardly anything more healing than friendship.: Thomas Moore (1779 - 1852)
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
Do what you love, love what you do, leave the world a better place and don't pick your nose.: Jeff Mallett, Frazz, 08-03-04
Turns out if you never lie, there's always someone mad at you.: Scott Westerfeld, Extras, 2007
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In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.: Thomas Jefferson (1743 - 1826)
Only dull people are brilliant at breakfast.: Oscar Wilde (1854 - 1900), An Ideal Husband, 1893, Act I
The power of illustrative anecdotes often lies not in how well they present reality, but in how well they reflect the core beliefs of their audience.: David P. Mikkelson, Snopes.com, 04-10-04
Abortion is advocated only by persons who have themselves been born.: Ronald Reagan (1911 - 2004)
Truth has beauty, power and necessity.: Sylvia Ashton-Warner
When I'm working on a problem, I never think about beauty. I think only how to solve the problem. But when I have finished, if the solution is not beautiful, I know it is wrong.: R. Buckminster Fuller (1895 - 1983)
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You risk tears if you let yourself be tamed.: Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (1900 - 1944), The Little Prince
Parents were invented to make children happy by giving them something to ignore.: Ogden Nash (1902 - 1971)
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When someone wants to lose weight, they will do whatever it takes. They can’t do it for anyone else but themselves. It has to be for them alone. Without that understanding, they will fail.: Jennifer Hudson, I Got This: How I Changed My Ways and Lost What Weighed Me Down, 2012
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If you do not tell the truth about yourself you cannot tell it about other people.: Virginia Woolf (1882 - 1941)
The murals in restaurants are on par with the food in museums.: Peter De Vries
The squeaking wheel doesn't always get the grease. Sometimes it gets replaced.: Vic Gold