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The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his own way.
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Josh Billings (1818 - 1885)
Where humor is concerned there are no standards - no one can say what is good or bad, although you can be sure that everyone will.
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John Kenneth Galbraith (1908 - 2006)
I have you and even if we never meet or ever see each other, we have left our thumbprints in the thick, moist clay of each other's lives.
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Hugh Elliott, Standing Room Only weblog, May 6, 2003
Working in the garden...gives me a profound feeling of inner peace.
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Ruth Stout
You threaten to punch someone in the face, what do they do? They duck. You try to punch 'em in the wallet and they always open up.
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Howard Gordon and Evan Katz, Awake, Ricky's Tacos, April 2012
When you encounter difficulties and contradictions, do not try to break them, but bend them with gentleness and time.
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Saint Francis de Sales (1567 - 1622)
The only winner in the War of 1812 was Tchaikovsky.
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Solomon Short
I have often wished I had time to cultivate modesty... But I am too busy thinking about myself.
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Edith Sitwell (1887 - 1964), As quoted in The Observer (30 April 1950)
Fish and visitors smell in three days.
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Benjamin Franklin (1706 - 1790), Poor Richard's Almanack, 1736
True originality consists not in a new manner but in a new vision.
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Edith Wharton (1862 - 1937)
Kneeling over a trickling mountain stream and pumping every ounce of water you use though a filter can really change your perception of turning on a faucet.
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Eric Voorhis, Camping Earth, Backcountry Camping Can Be A Stressful Pursuit, 03-02-12
No good deed goes unpunished.
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Clare Booth Luce (1903 - 1987), in H. Faber, The Book of Laws, 1980
The secret of greatness is simple: do better work than any other man in your field - and keep on doing it.
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Wilfred A. Peterson
Fate chooses your relations, you choose your friends.
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Jacques Delille
You can't think yourself out of a writing block, you have to write yourself out of a thinking block.
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John Rogers, Kung Fu Monkey, 06-25-11
Ruminating about the past is like trying to drive backward to undo a car accident.
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Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
The most dangerous strategy is to jump a chasm in two leaps.
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
Oregano is the spice of life.
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Henry J. Tillman
Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey.
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Cynthia Ozick
If the point is sharp, and the arrow is swift, it can pierce through the dust no matter how thick.
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Bob Dylan (1941 - )
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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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