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Speak clearly, if you speak at all; carve every word before you let it fall.
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Oliver Wendell Holmes (1809 - 1894)
Henceforth I ask not good fortune. I myself am good fortune.
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Walt Whitman (1819 - 1892)
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Nice guys finish last, but we get to sleep in.
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Evan Davis
Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn't go away.
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Philip K. Dick (1928 - 1982), "How to Build a Universe That Doesn't Fall Apart Two Days Later", 1978
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A fine quotation is a diamond on the finger of a man of wit, and a pebble in the hand of a fool.
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Joseph Roux
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The worst sin toward our fellow creatures is not to hate them, but to be indifferent to them: that's the essence of inhumanity.
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George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950), "The Devil's Disciple" (1901), act II
We may not imagine how our lives could be more frustrating and complex--but Congress can.
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Cullen Hightower
He had heard people speak contemptuously of money: he wondered if they had ever tried to do without it.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965), 'Of Human Bondage', 1915
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You cannot live a perfect day without doing something for someone who will never be able to repay you.
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John Wooden (1910 - )
The inner fire is the most important thing mankind possesses.
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Edith Sodergran
Never let your inferiors do you a favor - it will be extremely costly.
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H. L. Mencken (1880 - 1956)
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.
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Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
The world is a tragedy to those who feel, but a comedy to those who think.
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Horace Walpole (1717 - 1797)
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Out of the strain of the Doing,
Into the peace of the Done.
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Julia Louise Woodruff, 'Harvest Home,' Sunday at Home, 1910
The only time people dislike gossip is when you gossip about them.
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Will Rogers (1879 - 1935)
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To be amused by what you read--that is the great spring of happy quotations.
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C. E. Montague, "A Writer's Notes on His Trade"
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This life gets bitterly cold. Sometimes you just need to cling to the person that you can claw your way out of the dark with.
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Chris Dingess, Being Human, Wouldn't It Be Nice (If We Were Human), 2011
Water, taken in moderation, cannot hurt anybody.
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Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
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Our heroes are people and people are flawed. Don't let that taint the thing you love.
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Randy K. Milholland, Midnight Macabre, 09-27-07
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To you I'm an atheist; to God, I'm the Loyal Opposition.
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Woody Allen (1935 - )
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MM's Cynical Quotes LM's Motivational Quotes Classic Quotes
Cole's Quotables Rand Lindsly's Quotes Poor Man's College
alt.quotations Archives 20th Century Quotations Quotations by Women
The Devil's Dictionary Contributed Quotations

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