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One man's ways may be as good as another's, but we all like our own best.: Jane Austen (1775 - 1817), Persuasion, 1818
It is impossible to defeat an ignorant man in argument.: William G. McAdoo (1863 - 1941)
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It may be true that the law cannot make a man love me, but it can stop him from lynching me, and I think that's pretty important.: Martin Luther King Jr. (1929 - 1968)
My evil genius Procrastination has whispered me to tarry 'til a more convenient season.: Mary Todd Lincoln (1818 - 1882)
My grandfather once told me that there were two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. He told me to try to be in the first group; there was much less competition.: Indira Gandhi (1917 - 1984)
Enjoy present pleasures in such a way as not to injure future ones.: Seneca (5 BC - 65 AD)
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Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new.: Henry David Thoreau (1817 - 1862), "Walden", 1854
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Love is an exploding cigar we willingly smoke.: Lynda Barry
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I don't give a damn for a man that can only spell a word one way.: Mark Twain (1835 - 1910)
'Tis an ill wind that blows no minds.: Malaclypse the Younger
There are so many different ways lives work out, so many stories, and every one of them is precious: full of joy and heartbreak, and a fair amount of situation comedy.: Sean Stewart, Perfect Circle, 2004
We need a president who's fluent in at least one language.: Buck Henry
A gift - be it a present, a kind word or a job done with care and love - explains itself!... and if receivin' it embarrasses you, it's because your 'thanks box' is warped.: Alice Childress
My reason, the physician to my love, angry that his prescriptions are not kept, hath left me.: William Shakespeare (1564 - 1616), Sonnet CXLVII
Channeling is just bad ventriloquism. You use another voice, but people can see your lips moving.: Penn Jillette (1955 - )
Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.: W. C. Fields (1880 - 1946)
Football is a mistake. It combines the two worst elements of American life. Violence and committee meetings.: George F. Will (1941 - )
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To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us.: Alexis Carrel (1873 - 1944)
If you do not wish to be prone to anger, do not feed the habit; give it nothing which may tend to its increase.: Epictetus (55 AD - 135 AD)
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Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others.: Samuel Johnson (1709 - 1784)