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Many a promising career has been wrecked by marrying the wrong sort of woman. The right sort of woman can distinguish between Creative Lassitude and plain shiftlessness.: Robertson Davies
Murder is unique in that it abolishes the party it injures, so that society has to take the place of the victim and on his behalf demand atonement or grant forgiveness; it is the one crime in which society has a direct interest.: W. H. Auden (1907 - 1973)
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I sometimes think that the saving grace of America lies in the fact that the overwhelming majority of Americans are possessed of two great qualities- a sense of humor and a sense of proportion.: Franklin D. Roosevelt (1882 - 1945)
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There is an ecstasy that marks the summit of life, and beyond which life cannot rise. And such is the paradox of living, this ecstasy comes when one is most alive, and it comes as a complete forgetfulness that one is alive.: Jack London (1876 - 1916), The Call of the Wild
And in the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter and the sharing of pleasures. For in the dew of little things the heart finds its morning and is refreshed.: Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931), The Prophet
Religion is the sigh of the oppressed creature, the heart of a heartless world, just as it is the spirit of a spiritless situation. It is the opium of the people.: Karl Marx (1818 - 1883), Critique of Hegel's Philosophy of Right
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.: Otto von Bismarck (1815 - 1898), Bismarck and the German Empire by Erich Eyck
Some people feel the rain. Others just get wet.: Bob Dylan (1941 - )
A minute of perfection was worth the effort. A moment was the most you could ever expect from perfection.: Chuck Palahniuk (1962 - ), Fight Club
When you have seen as much of life as I have, you will not underestimate the power of obsessive love.: J. K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, 2005
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