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Silly Proverbs and Quotations - 2
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William Shakespeare
Lady you berefit me of all words, Only my blood speaks to you in my veins, And there is such confusion in my powers.
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Thomas Jefferson
Health is worth more than learning.
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South
The Scripture vouches Solomon for the wisest of men; and his proverbs prove him so, The seven wise men of Greece, so famous for their wisdom all the world over, acquired all that fame each of them by a single sentence, consisting of two or three words.
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Hung Tzu-ch\'eng
When the mind is possessed of reality, it feels tranquil and joyous even without music or song, and it produces a pure fragrance even without incense or tea.
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Helen Hayes
My mother drew a distinction between achievement and success. She said that 'achievement is the knowledge that you have studied and worked hard and done the best that is in you. Success is being praised by others, and that's nice, too, but not as important or satisfying. Always aim for achievement and forget about success.'
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Abraham Lincoln
Most folks are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.
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George Henry Lewes
The only cure for grief is action.
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Vincent Canby, on the Academy Awards
We are drawn to our television sets each April the way we are drawn to the scene of an accident.
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R. A. Salvatore, Siege of Darkness
To any intelligent being, there is no emotion more important than hope. Individually or collectively, we must hope that the future will be better than the past, that our offspring, and theirs after them, will be a bit closer to an ideal society, whatever our perception of that might be... It is at those times when we feel we are contributing to that ultimate end... we feel true elation.
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James Lileks, The Bleat web log, September 4, 2003
I’ll feel that horrible feeling in my stomach you get when you’ve gone over to the Dark Side. But I’ll be fine. That’s the good thing about the Dark Side. Eventually, your eyes adjust.
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Italian Proverb
If you scatter thorns, don't go barefoot.
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John Cage
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.
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