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Those little nimble musicians of the air, that warble forth their curious ditties, with which nature hath furnished them to the shame of art.: Izaak Walton (1593 - 1683)
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Forever is composed of nows.: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886)
Always seek out the seed of triumph in every adversity.: Og Mandino (1923 - 1996)
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Good company requires only birth, education, and manners, and with regard to education is not very nice. Birth and good manners are essential; but a little learning is by no means a dangerous thing in good company; on the contrary, it will do very well.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
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The truth is the kindest thing we can give folks in the end.: Harriet Beecher Stowe (1811 - 1896)
A great many people think they are thinking when they are really rearranging their prejudices.: William James (1842 - 1910)
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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
If you have something to say, then say it. If not, enjoy the silence while it lasts. The noise will return soon enough. In the meantime, you%uFFFDre better off going out into the big, wide world, having some adventures and refilling your well. Trying to create when you don%uFFFDt feel like it is like making conversation for the sake of making conversation.: Hugh Macleod, How To Be Creative: 24, 08-22-04
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862)
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Money can't buy friends, but it can get you a better class of enemy.: Spike Milligan
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You can tell the ideals of a nation by its advertisements.: Norman Douglas, South Wind, 1917
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People say that life is the thing, but I prefer reading.: Logan Pearsall Smith (1865 - 1946), Afterthoughts (1931) "Myself"
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As for me, except for an occasional heart attack, I feel as young as I ever did.: Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
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I have a simple philosophy. Fill what's empty. Empty what's full. And scratch where it itches.: Alice Roosevelt Longworth (1884 - 1980)
You can't love anyone until you understand that you can't love everyone.: Gordon Atkinson, RealLivePreacher.com Weblog, October 20, 2003
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A person's abilities are tested best when defending rather than attacking.: Takayuki Ikkaku, Arisa Hosaka and Toshihiro Kawabata, Animal Crossing: Wild World, 2005
When someone is giving you their theology, their God words, you should listen hard and be very gentle. The time to deliver your God words is when you are asked.: Gordon Atkinson, Real Live Preacher weblog, 03-25-05
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An economist is an expert who will know tomorrow why the things he predicted yesterday didn't happen today.: Laurence J. Peter (1919 - 1988)
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Fear not those who argue but those who dodge.: Marie Ebner von Eschenbach, Aphorisms, 1905
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We learn something every day, and lots of times it's that what we learned the day before was wrong.: Bill Vaughan