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Good habits result from resisting temptation.: Ancient Proverb
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Aristotle maintained that women have fewer teeth than men; although he was twice married, it never occurred to him to verify this statement by examining his wives' mouths.: Bertrand Russell (1872 - 1970), Impact of Science on Society (1952) ch. 1
I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if He didn't.: Jules Renard (1864 - 1910)
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I can't understand it. I can't even understand the people who can understand it.: Queen Juliana (1909 - 2004), of the Netherlands
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Every time we say, "Let there be!" in any form, something happens.: Stella Terrill Mann
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With every experience, you alone are painting your own canvas, thought by thought, choice by choice.: Oprah Winfrey (1954 - ), O Magazine
When we lose one we love, our bitterest tears are called forth by the memory of hours when we loved not enough.: Maurice Maeterlinck (1862 - 1949), Wisdom and Destiny, 1898
When a friend is in trouble, don't annoy him by asking if there is any thing you can do. Think up something appropriate and do it.: Edgar Watson Howe (1853 - 1937)
You never know till you try to reach them how accessible men are; but you must approach each man by the right door.: Henry Ward Beecher (1813 - 1887)
Truth is what stands the test of experience.: Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)
Don't make use of another's mouth unless it has been lent to you.: Belgian Proverb
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I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work.: Thomas A. Edison (1847 - 1931), (attributed)
Trying to determine what is going on in the world by reading newspapers is like trying to tell the time by watching the second hand of a clock.: Ben Hecht (1893 - 1964)
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Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love.: Charles M. Schulz (1922 - 2000), Charlie Brown in "Peanuts"
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In every American there is an air of incorrigible innocence, which seems to conceal a diabolical cunning.: A. E. Housman (1859 - 1936)
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Mistakes, obviously, show us what needs improving. Without mistakes, how would we know what we had to work on?: Peter McWilliams, Life 101
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The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.: Ulysses S. Grant (1822 - 1885)
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A mind too active is no mind at all.: Theodore Roethke (1908 - 1963)
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Underneath this flabby exterior is an enormous lack of character.: Oscar Levant (1906 - 1972)
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Trust that your child is trying to be the best he can be and that he will do this more readily without your criticism. Know that he usually sees his own faults without you continually pointing them out.: Julie A., M.A. Ross and Judy Corcoran, Joint Custody with a Jerk: Raising a Child with an Uncooperative Ex, 2011
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