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Jane Austen
We met Dr. Hall in
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead.
47
Madre Teresa
If you try, you will
If you try, you will find it impossible to do one great thing. You can only do many small things with great love.
72
Henry Miller
We must not just be
We must not just be in the world and above the world, but also of the world. To love it for what it is... is the only task. Avoid it and you are lost. Loose yourself in it, and you are free.
18
Ayn Rand
Until and unless you discover
Until and unless you discover that money is the root of all good, you ask for your own destruction. When money ceases to become the means by which men deal with one another, then men become the tools of other men. Blood, whips and guns--or dollars. Take your choice--there is no other.
95
John F. Kennedy
The great enemy of the
The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest, but the myth, persistent, persuasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.
182
Agatha Christie
Where large sums of money
Where large sums of money are concerned, it is advisable to trust nobody.
64
Pedro Calderon de la Barca
What is life? An illusion,
What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story,
29
Anne Frank
Parents can only advise their
Parents can only advise their children or point them in the right direction. Ultimately people shape their own characters.
100
Oscar Wilde
Patriotism is the virtue of
Patriotism is the virtue of the vicious.
103
Germaine Greer
Probably the only place where
Probably the only place where a man can feel really secure is in a maximum security prison, except for the imminent threat of release.
116
Douglas MacArthur
On the fields of friendly
On the fields of friendly strife are sown the seeds that on other days and other fields will bear the fruits of victory.
80
Samuel Johnson
No man but a blockhead
No man but a blockhead ever wrote except for money.
57
Elizabeth Gaskell
A man is so in
A man is so in the way in the house.
27
Oscar Wilde
To lose one parent, Mr
To lose one parent, Mr Worthing, may be regarded as a misfortune; to lose both looks like carelessness.
65
Madre Teresa
There are many in the
There are many in the world dying for a piece of bread, but there are many more dying for a little love.
71
Lemony Snicket
If you are interested in
If you are interested in stories with happy endings you would be better off reading some other book.
25
Jane Austen
One cannot be always laughing
One cannot be always laughing at a man without now and then stumbling on something witty.
101
Mike Tyson
I am not a role
I am not a role model.
113
Lemony Snicket
Miracles are like meatballs, because
Miracles are like meatballs, because nobody can exactly agree what they are made of, where they come from, or how often the should appear.
25
John F. Kennedy
We don't see the end
We don't see the end of the tunnel but I must say I don't think it is darker than it was a year ago, and in some ways lighter.
222
Admiral Hyman Rickover
The untrodden path is choked
The untrodden path is choked by the weeds of tradition. Be not afraid to cut through.
33
Margaret Mead
Women want mediocre men, and
Women want mediocre men, and men are working to become as mediocre as possible.
61
Bible
Blessed are the peacemakers, for
Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called sons of God.
28
F. Scott Fitzgerald
To write it, it took
To write it, it took three months; to conceive it - three minutes; to collect the data in it - all my life.
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