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- Let us have but one end in view, the welfare of humanity; and let us put aside all selfishness in consideration of language, nationalism, or religion.
- John Comenius
- Beware of the man who works hard to learn something, learns it, and finds himself no wiser than before.
- Kurt Vonnegut (1922 - 2007)
- Be yourself is the worst advice you can give to some people.
- Tom Masson
- When a man is wrapped up in himself he makes a pretty small package.
- John Ruskin (1819 - 1900)
- Originality does not consist in saying what no one has ever said before, but in saying exactly what you think of yourself.
- James Stephens
- Every thought is new when an author expresses it in a manner peculiar to himself.
- Marquis de Vauvenargues
- The connoisseur of painting gives only bad advice to the painter. For that reason I have given up trying to judge myself.
- Pablo Picasso (1881 - 1973)
- You've no idea what a poor opinion I have of myself-and how little I deserve it.
- W. S. Gilbert (1836 - 1911)
- He liked the idea of coffee quite a lot—a warm drink that gave you energy and had been for centuries associated with sophisticates and intellectuals. But coffee itself tasted to him like caffeinated stomach bile.
- John Green, An Abundance of Katherines, 2008
- Sadness is poetic. You're lucky to live sad moments. When you let yourself be sad, your body has antibodies. It has happiness that comes rushing in to meet the sadness.
- C. K. Louis, The Conan O'Brien Show, 09-20-13
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