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The following quotations were randomly selected from the collections selected below . - Learn to see in another's calamity the ills which you should avoid.
- Publilius Syrus (~100 BC)
- The wages of sin are unreported.
- Unknown
- The body says what words cannot.
- Martha Graham (1894 - 1991)
- The good neighbor looks beyond the external accidents and discerns those inner qualities that make all men human and, therefore, brothers.
- Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968), 'Strength to Love,' 1963
- The heights by great men reached and kept were not attained by sudden flight, but they while their companions slept, were toiling upward in the night.
- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807 - 1882)
- Art has never been made while thinking of art.
- Niko Stumpo, The Wooster Collective, December 2006
- This is the best kind of voyeurism, hearing joy from your neighbors.
- Chuck Sigars, The World According to Chuck weblog, October 14, 2003
- Ahhh. A man with a sharp wit. Someone ought to take it away from him before he cuts himself.
- Peter da Silva
- Don't let your sorrow come higher than your knees.
- Swedish Proverb
- Insanity: doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.
- Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955), (attributed)
- There are two modes of establishing our reputation: to be praised by honest men, and to be abused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the former, because it will invariably be accompanied by the latter.
- Charles Caleb Colton (1780 - 1832)
- Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.
- Abraham Lincoln (1809 - 1865)
- Buy on the rumor; sell on the news.
- Wall Street Proverb
- There is no reciprocity. Men love women, women love children, children love hamsters.
- Alice Thomas Ellis
- Fostering a spirit of cooperation with your ex means laying down your weapons in the war of divorce in order to protect your children.
- Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
- The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.
- Carl Jung (1875 - 1961)
- If you look good and dress well, you don't need a purpose in life.
- Robert Pante
- If your ship doesn't come in, swim out to it!
- Jonathan Winters
- Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.
- Erica Jong, Fear of Flying, 1973
- Gratitude is the most exquisite form of courtesy.
- Jacques Maritain (1882 - 1973), Reflections on America, 1958
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