Escritas — Poems List

John F. Kennedy

The greatest enemy of the

The greatest enemy of the truth is very often not the lie--delierate, contrived, and dishonest, but the myth persistent, peruasive, and unrealistic. Belief in myths allows the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

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Maggie Kuhn

The ultimate indignity is to

The ultimate indignity is to be given a bedpan by a stranger who calls you by your first name.

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Jane Goodall

Roots creep under the ground

Roots creep under the ground to make a firm foundation. Shoots seems new and small, but to reach the light they can break through brick walls.

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Winston Churchill

It helps to write down

It helps to write down half a dozen things which are worrying me. Two of them, say, disappear; about two, nothing can be done, so it's no use worrying, and two perhaps can be settled.

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Irene Thomas

It should be a very

It should be a very happy marriage --- they are both so much in love with him.

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Mohandas Ghandi

Non-violence does not signify that

Non-violence does not signify that man must not fight against the enemy, and by enemy is meant the evil which men do, not the human beings themselves.

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William James

Be not afraid of life.

Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact.

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Jane Goodall

Only if we understand, will

Only if we understand, will we care. Only if we care, will we help. Only if we help shall all be saved.

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Helen Rowland

When you see what some

When you see what some women marry, you realize how they must hate to work for a living.

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Mohandas Ghandi

All truths, not merely ideas,

All truths, not merely ideas, but truthful faces, truthful pictures or songs, are highly beautiful.

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Aristotle

It is the mark of

It is the mark of an educated mind to rest satisfied with the degree of precision which the nature of the subject admits and not to seek exactness where only an approximation is possible.

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John Lennon

Time you enjoy wasting is

Time you enjoy wasting is not wasted.

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Mohandas Ghandi

I cannot teach you violence,

I cannot teach you violence, as I do not myself believe in it. I can only teach you not to bow your heads before any one even at the cost of your life.

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Edna Ferber

Being an old maid is

Being an old maid is like death by drowning, a really delightful sensation after you cease to struggle.

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Oscar Wilde

To love oneself is the

To love oneself is the beginning of a life-long romance.

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Donald Rumsfeld

Like President Reagan, President Bush

Like President Reagan, President Bush has not shied from calling evil by its name or declaring his intention to defeat its latest incarnation, terrorism, just as free men and women of all political persuasions, here and abroad, defeated fascism and communism before.

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Elizabeth Bowen

Nobody speaks the truth when

Nobody speaks the truth when there is something they must have.

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Tom Peters

Underpromise; overdeliver.

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Federico Fellini

Honesty is being able to

Honesty is being able to tell the truth without hurting anyone.

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Samuel Butler

Man, unlike the animals, has

Man, unlike the animals, has never learned that the sole purpose of life is to enjoy it.

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Margot Asquith

She tells enough white lies

She tells enough white lies to ice a wedding cake.

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Sir Walter Raleigh

Remember, that if thou marry

Remember, that if thou marry for beauty, thou bindest thyself all thy life for that which perchance will neither last nor please thee one year; and when thou hast it, it will be to thee of no price at all; for the desire dieth when it is attained, and the affection perisheth when it is satisfied.

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George Bernard Shaw

A life spent in making

A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honorable but more useful than a life spent in doing nothing.

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Ecclesiastes

Let your heart give you

Let your heart give you joy in all the days of your life.

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