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Anonymous
Someday is not a day
Someday is not a day of the week.
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Bob Marley
Free speech carries with it
Free speech carries with it some freedom to listen.
38
Plato
Not only is the old
Not only is the old man twice a child, but also the man who is drunk.
176
Harry S. Truman
All my life, whenever it
All my life, whenever it comes time to make a decision, I make it and forget about it.
42
Frank Zappa
Some scientists claim that hydrogen,
Some scientists claim that hydrogen, because it is so plentiful, is the basic building block of the universe. I dispute that. I say that there is more stupidity than hydrogen, and that is the basic building block of the universe.
71
George Eliot
The troublesome ones in a
The troublesome ones in a family are usually either the wits or the idiots.
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Charles A. Stoddard
When we can say no
When we can say "no" not only to things that are wrong and sinful, but also to things pleasant, profitable, and good which would hinder and clog our grand duties and our chief work, we shall understand more fully what life is worth, and how to make the most of it.
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Plutarch
Poverty is not dishonourable in
Poverty is not dishonourable in itself, but only when it arises from idleness, intemperance, extravagance, and folly.
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George Eliot
What we call our despair
What we call our despair is often only the painful eagerness of unfed hope.
75
Napoleon Bonaparte
Ability is of little account
Ability is of little account without opportunity.
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Plutarch
It is an observation no
It is an observation no less just than common that there is no stronger test of a man?s real character than power and authority, exciting, as they do, every passion, and discovering every latent vice.
37
Muriel Rukeyser
I think there is a
I think there is a choice possible to us at any moment, as long as we live. But there is no sacrifice. There is a choice, and the rest falls away. Second choice does not exist. Beware of those who talk about sacrifice.
38
George Eliot
Our deeds are like children
Our deeds are like children that are born to us;they live and act apart from our own will.
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John Lahr
Accustomed to the veneer of
Accustomed to the veneer of noise, to the shibboleths of promotion, public relations, and market research, society is suspicious of those who value silence.
65
Plutarch
It is the usual consolation
It is the usual consolation of the envious, if they cannot maintain their superiority, to represent those by whom they are surpassed as inferior to some one else.
22
Earl Nightingale
People are where they are
People are where they are because that is exactly where they really want to be - whether they will admit that or not.
22
George Eliot
Some people did what their
Some people did what their neighbors did so that if any lunatics were at large, one might know and avoid them.
116
Emerson
If you put a chain
If you put a chain around the neck of a slave, the other end fastens itself around you own.
20
Alfred A. Montapert
Every person has free choice.
Every person has free choice. Free to obey or disobey the Natural Laws. Your choice determines the consequences. Nobody ever did, or ever will, escape the consequences of his choices.
38
Francis Quarles
If thou be rich, strive
If thou be rich, strive to command thy money, lest it command thee.
36
Woodrow Wilson
Just what is it that
Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.
54
Katherine Hepburn
Never complain. Never explain.
Never complain. Never explain.
19
Francis Quarles
Give not thy tongue too
Give not thy tongue too great a liberty, lest it take thee prisoner. A word unspoken is like thy sword in thy scabbard; if vented, the sword is in another?s hand.* If thou desire to be held wise, be so wise as to hold thy tongue.
80
Salvador De Madriaga
He is free knows how
He is free knows how to keep in his own hands the power to decide.
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