Escritas — Poems List

Emeasoba George

Those who are more likely

Those who are more likely to achieve their goal/dream/aspiration/ambition are only those who are ready to pay the price. For, nothing of value is without a price tag.

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Groucho Marx

Those are my principles, and

Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.

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Emeasoba George

Every so seemed misfortune is

Every so seemed misfortune is designed to become a stepping stone i.e. that your so seemed current misfortunes will later on turn out to become fortunes for you.

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Jack Handey

Why do the caterpillar and

Why do the caterpillar and the ant have to be enemies One eats leaves, and the other eats caterpillars. Oh, I see now.

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Emeasoba George

Two good heads are better

Two good heads are better than one, not just any two heads. Now that infers, you ought to make common cause i.e. you ought to unite with someone else/others sometimes in order to achieve some of your targets/dreams/visions/aspirations. So, dare to synergize.

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Chief Seattle

The air is precious to

The air is precious to the red man, for all things share the same breath-the beast, the tree, the man, they all share the same breath. The white man does not seem to notice the air he breathes. Like a man dying for many days, he is numb to the stench.

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Rosalyn S. Yalow

The excitement of learning separates

The excitement of learning separates youth from old age. As long as you're learning you're not old.

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Emeasoba George

A true love/leader is expected/required

A true love/leader is expected/required to live for others and keep on living for others i.e. he/she should be and remain selfless/charitable/impactful/loveful.

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Emeasoba George

Anyone/any leader who fails to

Anyone/any leader who fails to secure justice for the poor and as well fails to uphold the cause of the needy is never a true love/leader. For, a true love/leader ought to be securing justice for the poor and he or she ought to be upholding the cause of the needy around him/her and even those afar off.

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Groucho Marx

It isn't necessary to have

It isn't necessary to have relatives in Kansas City in order to be unhappy.

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Jack Handey

If you wear a toupee,

If you wear a toupee, why not let your friends try it on for a while Come on, we're not going to hurt it.

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Malath Adam

Shyness is a disability.

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Chief Seattle

Man did not weave the

Man did not weave the web of life, he is merely a strand in it. Whatever he does to the web, he does to himself.

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Kizza Ronald

We want to hurt others

We want to hurt others but don't want to be hurt in return

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Vikrant Parsai

Even if you are not

Even if you are not asked anything, you just have to speak something to make someone believe that you are still a fool.

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Henry M. Wriston

Among all the tragic consequences

Among all the tragic consequences of depression and war, this suppression of personal self-expression through one's life work is among the most poignant.

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Vikrant Parsai

A man’s character may be

A man’s character may be judged by how he gives you response to the same question asked by you the third time.

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Groucho Marx

I find television very educating.

I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.

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Jack Handey

The face of a child

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

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Francis Picabia

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting

Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth.

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Pete Seeger

Education is when you read

Education is when you read the fine print. Experience is what you get if you don't.

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Francis Picabia

Men have always need of

Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men..

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Francis Picabia

Only useless things are indispensable.

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Henry M. Wriston

A guidance counselor who has

A guidance counselor who has made a fetish of security, or who has unwittingly surrendered his thinking to economic determinism, may steer a youth away from his dream of becoming a poet, an artist, a musician or any other of thousands of things, because it offers no security, it does not pay well, there are no vacancies, it has no future.

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