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Selwyn Champion
To read a book for
To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of a new friend; to read it a second time is to meet an old one.
18
John Updike
You can never get the
You can never get the smell of smoke out. Like the smell of failure in life.
67
Madre Teresa
Kind words can be short
Kind words can be short and easy to speak, but their echos are truly endless.
93
William Shakespeare
Love is merely madness.
Love is merely madness.
166
A.E. Houseman
When I was one-and-twenty,
When I was one-and-twenty,
23
Pope Pius XI
Justice requires that to lawfully
Justice requires that to lawfully constituted Authority there be given that respect and obedience which is its due; that the laws which are made shall be in wise conformity with the common good; and that, as a matter of conscience all men shall render obedience to these laws.
141
Sir Edmund Hillary
It is not the mountain
It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.
138
Vincent Van Gogh
Great things are done by
Great things are done by a seris of small things brought together.
263
Henry Ward Beecher
The meanest, most contemptible kind
The meanest, most contemptible kind of praise is that which first speaks well of a man, and then qualifies it with a "but".
65
Karl Popper
The history of science is
The history of science is everywhere speculative. It is a marvelous hiatory. It makes you proud to be a human being.
57
Zig Ziglar
Make failure your teacher, not
Make failure your teacher, not your undertaker.
42
George Orwell
No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and
No doubt alcohol, tobacco, and so forth, are things that a saint must avoid, but sainthood is a thing that human beings must avoid.
65
Sydney Smith
There is one piece of
There is one piece of advice, in a life of study, which I think no one will object to; and that is, every now and then to be completely idle - to do nothing at all.
101
Sam Malone
Not many people know this
Not many people know this ... but I happen to be famous.
10
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Talk not of wasted affection;
Talk not of wasted affection; affection never was wasted.
224
Joshua J. Marine
Challenges are what makes life
Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful.
101
Benjamin Disraeli
It is knowledge that influences
It is knowledge that influences and equalizes the social condition of man; that gives to all, however different their political position, passions which are in common, and enjoyments which are universal.
23
Peter Brimelow
The modern definition of racist
The modern definition of "racist" is "someone who is winning an argument with a liberal
22
Tom Robbins
Its never too late to
Its never too late to have a happy childhood.
69
Dwight D. Eisenhower
I never saw a pessimistic
I never saw a pessimistic general win a battle.
194
Robert Heinlein
That old saw about the
That old saw about the early bird just proves that the worm should have stayed in bed.
67
Lucius Annaeus Seneca
What does reason demand of
What does reason demand of a man? A very easy thing--to live in accord with his nature.
133
Daniel Defoe
When kings the sword of
When kings the sword of justice first lay down;
150
Vernon Law
Experience is a hard teacher
Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lessons afterwards.
16