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Anonymous
The best and most beautiful
The best and most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or even touched. They must be felt.
118
Dave Barry
The most valuable function performed
The most valuable function performed by the federal government is entertainment.
124
Sophocles
To those who err in
To those who err in judgment, not in will, anger is gentle.
33
Marcel Proust
We are healed from suffering
We are healed from suffering only by experiencing it to the full.
54
Isadora Duncan
No flower of art ever
No flower of art ever fully blossomed save it was nourished by tears of agony.
57
Richard Armour
A rumor is one thing
A rumor is one thing that gets thicker instead of thinner as it is spread.
18
The Talmud
He who mixes with unclean
He who mixes with unclean things becomes unclean himself; he whose associations are pure becomes purer each day.
75
Jose Marti
Man has to suffer. When
Man has to suffer. When he has no real afflictions, he invents some.
163
Donella Meadows
Your paradigm is so intrinsic
Your paradigm is so intrinsic to your mental process that you are hardly aware of its existence, until you try to communicate with someone with a different paradigm.
36
James Dean
Only the gentle are ever
Only the gentle are ever really strong.
61
The Talmud
He who has more learning
He who has more learning than goodness is like a tree with many branches and few roots, which the first wind throws down; whilst he whose works are greater than his knowledge is like a tree with many roots and fewer branches, which all the winds of heaven cannot uproot.
70
Edward Dahlberg
We cannot live, suffer or
We cannot live, suffer or die for somebody else, for suffering is too precious to be shared.
25
Nick Nuessle
The legacy of Democrats and
The legacy of Democrats and Republicans approaches: Libertarianism by bankruptcy.
19
George Best
I spent a lot of
I spent a lot of money on booze, birds and fast cars. The rest I just squandered.
24
The Talmud
Rather skin a carcass for
Rather skin a carcass for pay in the public streets than be idly dependent on charity.
41
Anonymous
The secret of success is
The secret of success is to do all you can do without thought of success.
81
Dylan Thomas
I just drank eighteen whiskies.
I just drank eighteen whiskies. That must be a record.
132
Ludwig Mises
Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe
Manufacturing and commercial monopolies owe their origin not to a tendency imminent in a capitalist economy but to governmental interventionist policy directed against free trade and laissez faire.
25
The Talmud
Commit a sin twice, and
Commit a sin twice, and it will not seem to thee a sin.
43
Anonymous
Replying to the tributes paid
Replying to the tributes paid to him at a testimonial dinner, Herbert Bayard Swope said; "I cannot give you the formula for success, but I can give you the formula for failure. Try to please everybody."
91
George Washington
Government is not reason, it
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never for a moment should it be left to irresponsible action.
180
Robert De Niro
The talent is in the
The talent is in the choices.
65
Anonymous
If the truth be known,
If the truth be known, most successes are built on a multitude of failures.
89
The Talmud
Understand a man by his
Understand a man by his deeds and words; the impressions of others lead to false judgment.
40