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To say the least, a town life makes one more tolerant and liberal in one's judgement of others.: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882), Hyperion, 1839
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Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.: William Dement, in Newsweek, 1959
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Humility is the embarrassment you feel when you tell people how wonderful you are.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
Be careful that victories do not carry the seed of future defeats.: Ralph W. Sockman
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The lesson which life repeats and constantly enforces is 'look under foot.' You are always nearer the divine and the true sources of your power than you think.: John Burroughs (1837 - 1921)
I looked always outside of myself to see what I could make the world give me instead of looking within myself to see what was there.: Belle Livingstone
The superior man, when resting in safety, does not forget that danger may come. When in a state of security he does not forget the possibility of ruin. When all is orderly, he does not forget that disorder may come. Thus his person is not endangered, and his States and all their clans are preserved.: Confucius (551 BC - 479 BC)
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I have read your book and much like it.: Moses Hadas (1900 - 1966)
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What does it matter how one comes by the truth so long as one pounces upon it and lives by it?: Henry Miller (1891 - 1980)
Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.: Howard Aiken (1900 - 1973)
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When you have a dream you've got to grab it and never let go.: Carol Burnett (1936 - )
You know you're getting old when you stoop to tie your shoelaces and wonder what else you could do while you're down there.: George Burns (1896 - 1996)
Why do strong arms fatigue themselves with frivolous dumbbells? To dig a vineyard is worthier exercise for men.: Marcus Valerius Martialis (40 AD - 103 AD)
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There is always more misery among the lower classes than there is humanity in the higher.: Victor Hugo (1802 - 1885), 'Les Miserables,' 1862
I think people that have a brother or sister don't realize how lucky they are. Sure, they fight a lot, but to know that there's always somebody there, somebody that's family.: Trey Parker and Matt Stone, South Park, Cat Orgy, 1999
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Male and female represent the two sides of the great radical dualism. But in fact they are perpetually passing into one another. Fluid hardens to solid, solid rushes to fluid. There is no wholly masculine man, no purely feminine woman.: Margaret Fuller (1810 - 1850), Woman in the Nineteenth Century, 1845
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A smiling face is half the meal.: Latvian Proverb
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Content thyself to be obscurely good. When vice prevails, and impious men bear sway, the post of honor is a private station.: Joseph Addison (1672 - 1719), 'Cato'
Where lipstick is concerned, the important thing is not color, but to accept God's final word on where your lips end.: Jerry Seinfeld (1954 - )
What we're all striving for is authenticity, a spirit-to-spirit connection.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine