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- All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.
- John Steinbeck (1902 - 1968), "Once There Was A War" 1943
- I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances.
- Martha Washington (1732 - 1802)
- He that plants trees loves others beside himself.
- Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732
- With foxes we must play the fox.
- Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732
- Education begins a gentleman, conversation completes him.
- Dr. Thomas Fuller (1654 - 1734), Gnomologia, 1732
- Reports that say that something hasn't happened are always interesting to me, because as we know, there are known knowns; there are things we know we know. We also know there are known unknowns; that is to say we know there are some things we do not know. But there are also unknown unknowns - - the ones we don't know we don't know. And if one looks throughout the history of our country and other free countries, it is the latter category that tend to be the difficult ones.
- Donald H. Rumsfeld (1932 - ), Department of Defense news briefing, February 12, 2002
- Many people would be more truthful were it not for their uncontrollable desire to talk.
- Edgar Watson Howe (1853 - 1937)
- It is men who wait to be selected, and not those who seek, from whom we may expect the most efficient service.
- Ulysses S. Grant (1822 - 1885), Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, Chapter 46
- Hope, like the gleaming taper's light,
Adorns and cheers our way; And still, as darker grows the night, Emits a brighter ray. - Oliver Goldsmith (1730 - 1774)
- There are only two kinds of people in the end: those who say to God, 'Thy will be done,' and those to whom God says, in the end, 'Thy will be done.'
- C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)
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