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He talked with more claret than clarity.: Susan Ertz
Better by far you should forget and smile than you should remember and be sad.: Christina Rossetti (1830 - 1894)
Our children change us... whether they live or not.: Lois McMaster Bujold, "Barrayar", 1991
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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties.: Sir Francis Bacon (1561 - 1626)
I have been thinking that I would make a proposition to my Republican friends... that if they will stop telling lies about the Democrats, we will stop telling the truth about them.: Adlai E. Stevenson Jr. (1900 - 1965), Speech during 1952 Presidential Campaign
When you strike at a king, you must kill him.: Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)
The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.: Abigail van Buren (1918 - )
Maturity is only a short break in adolescence.: Jules Feiffer (1929 - )
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The key to being a good manager is keeping the people who hate me away from those who are still undecided.: Casey Stengel (1890 - 1975)
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Habit is habit and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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It's noble to want to confess, but if the results are just damage and pain, that's not noble. It's selfish.: Carol Green, House M.D., Adverse Events, 2008
Exit, pursued by a bear.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Stage direction in "The Winter's Tale"
When you understand that your feelings are triggered by what you think about an event and not by the event itself, you gain a measure of control. Although you cannot control the things (events) that happen to you, or change your feelings (after all, you feel the way you feel), you can change your thoughts. A change in thoughts often radically alters your feelings.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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If they give you ruled paper, write the other way.: Juan Ramon Jiminez
Another belief of mine: that everyone else my age is an adult, whereas I am merely in disguise.: Margaret Atwood (1939 - ), Cat's Eye, 1988
Some men just aren't cut out for paternity. Better they should realize it before and not after they become responsible for a son.: Lois McMaster Bujold, Ethan of Athos, 1986
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Man is the artificer of his own happiness.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), Journal, January 21, 1838
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When you jump for joy, beware that no one moves the ground from beneath your feet.: Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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Have patience with all things, but chiefly have patience with yourself. Do not lose courage in considering your own imperfections but instantly set about remedying them - every day begin the task anew.: Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
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No human thing is of serious importance.: Plato (427 BC - 347 BC)