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Mark Twain

Mark Twain

The rule is perfect: in

The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
137
Robert A. Baker

Robert A. Baker

More than ever, the creation

More than ever, the creation of the ridiculous is almost impossible because of the competition it receives from reality.
33
Clint Eastwood

Clint Eastwood

Once a man has some

Once a man has some money, peace begins to sound good to him.
65
Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler

All animals except man know

All animals except man know that the ultimate of life is to enjoy it.
42
Bertrand Russell

Bertrand Russell

We know very little, and

We know very little, and yet it is astonishing that we know so much, and still more astonishing that so little knowledge can give us so much power.
162
Nancy Mitford

Nancy Mitford

To fall in love you

To fall in love you have to be in the state of mind for it to take, like a disease.
31
Maureen Dowd

Maureen Dowd

It is a lesson never

It is a lesson never learned: Matters of state and the heart that start with a lie rarely end well.
27
Jane Austen

Jane Austen

We all know him to

We all know him to be a proud, unpleasant sort of a man; but this would be nothing if you really liked him.
55
Cornelius Bernardus Van Neil

Cornelius Bernardus Van Neil

In essence, science is a

In essence, science is a perpetual search for an intelligent and integrated comprehension of the world we live in.
21
George Eliot

George Eliot

Excessive literary production is a

Excessive literary production is a social offense.
43
Jane Austen

Jane Austen

In all the important preparations

In all the important preparations of the mind she was complete: being prepared for matrimony by an hatred of home, restraint, and tranquillity; by the misery of disappointed affection, and contempt of the man she was to marry.
56
Madre Teresa

Madre Teresa

If you find serenity and

If you find serenity and happiness, some people may be jealous. Be happy anyway.
71
Herbert Spencer

Herbert Spencer

Science is organized knowledge.

Science is organized knowledge.
88
Judith Stern

Judith Stern

Experience: A comb life gives

Experience: A comb life gives you after you lose your hair.
34
Tibetan Proverb

Tibetan Proverb

It is better to live

It is better to live for one day as a tiger than to live for a thousand years as a sheep.
36
Thomas Hood (1799-1845)

Thomas Hood (1799-1845)

No sun - no moon!

No sun - no moon! No morn - no noon -
30
Elizabeth Jenkins

Elizabeth Jenkins

The woman whose behavior indicates

The woman whose behavior indicates that she will make a scene if she is told the truth asks to be deceived.
19
Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur

Chance favors the prepared mind.

Chance favors the prepared mind.
92
Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison

The grand essentials to happiness

The grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love and something to hope for.
83
Sophocles

Sophocles

O generations of men, how

O generations of men, how I count you as equal with those who live not at all!
36
Lillian Day

Lillian Day

A lady is one who

A lady is one who never shows her underwear unintentionally.
15
Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur

Science knows no country, because

Science knows no country, because knowledge belongs to humanity, and is the torch which illuminates the world.
63
Frank Herbert

Frank Herbert

There is no escape -

There is no escape - we pay for the violence of our ancestors.
65
Max Lucado

Max Lucado

The journey to the cross

The journey to the cross began long before. As the echo of the crunching of the fruit was still sounding in the garden, Jesus was leaving for Calvary.
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