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Every man, wherever he goes, is encompassed by a cloud of comforting convictions, which move with him like flies on a summer day.
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Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Sceptical Essays (1928), "Dreams and Facts"
A conservative is a man who believes that nothing should be done for the first time.
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Alfred E. Wiggam
Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.
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Woody Allen (1935 - )
But seduction isn’t making someone do what they don’t want to do. Seduction is enticing someone into doing what they secretly want to do already.
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Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 11-29-05
It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.
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Agnes Repplier (1855 - 1950)
All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.
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John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.
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Miguel de Cervantes (1547 - 1616)
Through all the world there goes one long cry from the heart of the artist: Give me leave to do my utmost.
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Isak Dineson, 'Babette's Feast'
It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
Walk through life eager and open to self-improvement and that which is going to best help you evolve, because that's really why were here: to evolve as human beings.
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Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.
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Unknown
Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
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Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
Men acquire a particular quality by constantly acting a particular way... you become just by performing just actions, temperate by performing temperate actions, brave by performing brave actions.
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Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
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Charles de Montesquieu (1689 - 1755)
Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure.
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The Mishnah
The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.
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Oscar Arias Sanchez (1941 - )
It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?
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L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
Cleanliness and order are not matters of instinct; they are matters of education, and like most great things, you must cultivate a taste for them.
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.
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Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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