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Fear of a name increases fear of the thing itself.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, 1997
I never feel that I have comprehended an emotion, or fully lived even the smallest events, until I have reflected upon it in my journal; my pen is my truest confidant, holding in check the passions and disappointments that I dare not share even with my beloved.: Stephanie Barron, Jane and the Unpleasantness at Scargrave Manor, 1996
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The great art of giving consists in this: the gift should cost very little and yet be greatly coveted, so that it may be the more highly appreciated.: Baltasar Gracian
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Saying what we think gives us a wider conversational range than saying what we know.: Cullen Hightower
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The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool.: Richard Feynman (1918 - 1988), Caltech commencement address, 1974
To acquire knowledge, one must study; but to acquire wisdom, one must observe.: Marilyn vos Savant
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A musicologist is a man who can read music but can't hear it.: Sir Thomas Beecham (1879 - 1961)
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Dwell not upon thy weariness, thy strength shall be according to the measure of thy desire.: Arab Proverb
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You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.: John Scalzi, Old Man's War, 2005
Obtain from yourself all that makes complaining useless. No longer implore from others what you yourself can obtain.: Andre Gide (1869 - 1951)
In the end, you'll know which people really love you. They're the ones who see you for who you are and, no matter what, always find a way to be at your side.: Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 08-23-05
Put more trust in nobility of character than in an oath.: Solon (638 BC - 559 BC)
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Perhaps better we not obscure the idea that happiness and misery, kindness and greed, and good works and bad deeds are within the capacities of us all, not merely a select few.: David P. Mikkelson, snopes.com, September 8, 2003
Millions of words are written annually purporting to tell how to beat the races, whereas the best possible advice on the subject is found in the three monosyllables: 'Do not try.': Dan Parker
To err is human; to forgive, infrequent.: Franklin P. Adams (1881 - 1960)
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The two symbols of the Republican Party: an elephant, and a big fat white guy who is threatened by change.: Seth MacFarlane, The Family Guy
I am determined that my children shall be brought up in their father's religion, if they can find out what it is.: Charles Lamb (1775 - 1834)
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The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.: Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883 - 1955)
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Artists who seek perfection in everything are those who cannot attain it in anything.: Eugene Delacroix (1798 - 1863)
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