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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.: 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.: Alfred E. Wiggam
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Eternal nothingness is fine if you happen to be dressed for it.: 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.: Waiter Rant, Waiter Rant weblog, 11-29-05
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It is not easy to find happiness in ourselves, and it is not possible to find it elsewhere.: 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.: John Quincy Adams (1767 - 1848)
Everyone is as God has made him, and oftentimes a great deal worse.: 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.: Isak Dineson, 'Babette's Feast'
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It's a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the best, you very often get it.: 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.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), Stanford Commencement Adress, 2008
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Artificial Intelligence is no match for natural stupidity.: Unknown
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.: Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
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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.: Aristotle (384 BC - 322 BC)
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An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.: Charles de Montesquieu (1689 - 1755)
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Nobody ever went broke underestimating the intelligence of the American public.: H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
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Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure.: The Mishnah
The more freedom we enjoy, the greater the responsibility we bear, toward others as well as ourselves.: Oscar Arias Sanchez (1941 - )
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It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people, doesn't it?: L. M. Montgomery (1874 - 1942), Anne of Green Gables, 1908
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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.: Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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A persuadable temper might sometimes be as much in favour of happiness as a very resolute character.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818