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Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Anne Sexton: Even without wars,...

Even without wars, life is dangerous.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic Reference...

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Robert Burns: But the cheerful...

Robert Burns: But the cheerful...

But the cheerful Spring came kindly on
And show'rs began to fall:
John Barleycorn got up again
And sore...

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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The steam<br>Floats up...

Alfred, Lord Tennyson: The steam
Floats up...

The steam
Floats up from those dim fields about the homes
Of happy men that have the power to die,
And grassy...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The shortest an...

Jean de LaBruyere: The shortest an...

The shortest an best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interests to promote...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The exact opposite...

Jean de LaBruyere: The exact opposite...

The exact opposite of what is generally believed is often the truth.

Source: 'Les...

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Baltasar Gracian: Don't take the...

Baltasar Gracian: Don't take the...

Don't take the wrong side of an argument just because your opponent has taken the right...

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John Tillotson: Sincerity is like...

John Tillotson: Sincerity is like...

Sincerity is like traveling on a plain, beaten road, which commonly brings a man sooner to his journey's end than...

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John Tillotson: Ignorance and inconsideration...

John Tillotson: Ignorance and inconsideration...

Ignorance and inconsideration are the two great causes of the ruin of mankind.

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Saint Augustine: No eulogy is...

Saint Augustine: No eulogy is...

No eulogy is due to him who simply does his duty and nothing more.

Source: In The...

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Aristotle: Dignity does not...

Aristotle: Dignity does not...

Dignity does not consist in possessing honors, but in deserving them.

Source: In...

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Florence Nightingale: The world is...

Florence Nightingale: The world is...

The world is put back by the death of every one who has to sacrifice the development of his or her peculiar gifts to...

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St Jerome: A fat paunch...

St Jerome: A fat paunch...

A fat paunch never breeds fine thoughts.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever...

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Brigham Young: True independence and...

Brigham Young: True independence and...

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

Source: In The...

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Robert Burton: A blow with...

Robert Burton: A blow with...

A blow with a word strikes deeper than a blow with a sword.

Source: 'The Anatomy of...

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Robert Burton: All my joys...

Robert Burton: All my joys...

All my joys to this are folly,
Naught so sweet as Melancholy.


Source: Anatomy of...

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Swami Ramdas: Place yourself as...

Swami Ramdas: Place yourself as...

Place yourself as an instrument in the hands of God, who does his own work in his own way.

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William James: Organization and method...

William James: Organization and method...

Organization and method mean much, but contagious human characters mean more in a...

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Nobody, but nobody...

Nobody, but nobody...

Nobody, but nobody
Can make it out here alone.


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-- Maya Angelou,...

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Self-pity in its...

Self-pity in its...

Self-pity in its early stage is as snug as a feather mattress. Only when it hardens does it become...

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My idea of...

My idea of...

My idea of walking into the jaws of death is marrying some woman who has lost three...

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