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There is nothing new under the sun but there are lots of old things we don't know.: Ambrose Bierce (1842 - 1914), The Devil's Dictionary
Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.: Albert Schweitzer (1875 - 1965)
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Communism doesn't work because people like to own stuff.: Frank Zappa (1940 - 1993)
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Climb the mountains and get their good tidings. Nature's peace will flow into you as sunshine flows into trees. The winds will blow their own freshness into you, and the storms their energy, while cares will drop away from you like the leaves of Autumn.: John Muir (1838 - 1914), Our National Parks, 1901
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I am at two with nature.: Woody Allen (1935 - )
Buy the ticket take the Ride: Hunter S. Thompson (1939 - 2005), Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
‘Dignity’ has to do crucially with a butler’s ability not to abandon the professional being he inhabits.: Kazuo Ishiguro, The Remains of the Day, 1989
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We live in a Newtonian world of Einsteinian physics ruled by Frankenstein logic.: David Russell
You must learn to face the fact, always, that you choose to do what you do, and that everything you do affects not only you but others.: Holly Lisle, Fire In The Mist, 1992
Better to rely on one powerful king than on many little princes.: Jean de La Fontaine (1621 - 1695)
A painting in a museum hears more ridiculous opinions than anything else in the world.: Edmond de Goncourt (1822 - 1896)
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The illegal we do immediately. The unconstitutional takes a little longer.: Henry Kissinger (1923 - ), New York Times, Oct. 28, 1973
It may be that the old astrologers had the truth exactly reversed, when they believed that the stars controlled the destinies of men. The time may come when men control the destinies of stars.: Arthur C. Clarke (1917 - ), First on the Moon, 1970
Suppose you were an idiot and suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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The only thing that overcomes hard luck is hard work.: Harry Golden (1902 - 1981)
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Barring that natural expression of villainy which we all have, the man looked honest enough.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
Life only demands from you the strength you possess. Only one feat is possible - not to have run away.: Dag Hammarskjold (1905 - 1961)
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If the truth doesn't save us, what does that say about us?: Lois McMaster Bujold, Diplomatic Immunity, 2002
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Either this man is dead or my watch has stopped.: Groucho Marx (1890 - 1977)
Say not, 'I have found the truth,' but rather, 'I have found a truth.': Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)
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