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Kedar Joshi
The best thing about the
The best thing about the world is that it has a mysterious structure and the worst thing is that it has a grievous structure.
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Peter Ustinov
Contrary to general belief, I
Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
125
John Constable
I never saw an ugly
I never saw an ugly thing in my life: for let the form of an object be what it may - light, shade, and perspective will always make it beautiful.
75
Aelius Donatus
Confound those who have said
Confound those who have said our remarks before us.
24
Kedar Joshi
The universe is a philosophical
The universe is a philosophical abyss.
27
Peter Ustinov
People who reach the top
People who reach the top of the tree are only those who haven't got the qualifications to detain them at the bottom.
128
James Barrie
God gave us our memories
God gave us our memories so that we might have roses in December.
114
Louise Erdrich
They were so strong in
They were so strong in their beliefs that there came a time when it hardly mattered what exactly those beliefs were; they all fused into a single stubbornness.
113
Kedar Joshi
In reality the universe has
In reality the universe has no geometry.
41
Peter Ustinov
In America, through pressure of
In America, through pressure of conformity, there is freedom of choice, but nothing to choose from.
122
Brothers Karamazov
If you were to destroy
If you were to destroy in mankind the belief in immortality, not only love but every living force maintaining the life of the world would at once be dried up. Moreover, nothing then would be immoral, everything would be permissible, even cannibalism.
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Henry David Thoreau
[Water is] the only drink
[Water is] the only drink for a wise man.
118
Peter Ustinov
It is our responsibilities, not
It is our responsibilities, not ourselves, that we should take seriously.
156
Kedar Joshi
The most fundamental tragedy of
The most fundamental tragedy of my life is that the ones who I see do not exist and the one who exists I do not see.
36
Morticia Addams - from the Addams Family movie
We gladly feast on those
We gladly feast on those who would subdue us ... not just pretty words, Fester.
72
Napoleon Bonaparte
[Medicine is] a collection of
[Medicine is] a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.
246
Kedar Joshi
The worst mockery God can
The worst mockery God can make of a moralist is that He compels him to be a solipsist.
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Peter Ustinov
Love is an act of
Love is an act of endless forgiveness, a tender look which becomes a habit.
131
Rabbi David Wolpe
Self-respect is the fruit of
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
70
Thomas à Kempis
Never be entirely idle; but
Never be entirely idle; but either be reading, or writing, or praying or meditating or endeavoring something for the public good.
30
Peter Ustinov
Critics search for ages for
Critics search for ages for the wrong word, which, to give them credit, they eventually find.
157
Kedar Joshi
The time has come for
The time has come for the greatest revolution of all times.
60
Antoinette Brown Blackwell
Nature is just enough; but
Nature is just enough; but men and women must comprehend and accept her suggestions.
30
Bob Ekstrom
Tongue - a variety of
Tongue - a variety of meat, rarely served because it clearly crosses the line between a cut of beef and a piece of dead cow.
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