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Humour Famous People Sayings - 64
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Aesop
Beware lest you lose the substance by grasping at the shadow.
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The Mishnah
Say not, when I have leisure I will study; you may not have leisure.
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Author Unknown
A good name, like good will, is attained by many actions and may be lost by one.
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Harry Emerson Fosdick
No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.
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Marilyn Ferguson
The greatest revolution in our generation is that of human beings, who by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.
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Edith Hamilton
The anthropologists are busy, indeed, and ready to transport us back into the savage forest where all human things have their beginnings but the seed never explains the flower.
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A Bartlett Giamatti
Far better to think historically, to remember the lessons of the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part of the knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be one who knows that if you reserve the power not to use all your power, you will lead others far more successfully and well.
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Francois De La Rochefoucauld
Philosophy triumphs easily over past evils and future evils; but present evils triumph over it.
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Real Live Preacher
One thing is clear to me. You cant know everything youd like to know. You cant do everything youd like to do. You cant read everything youd like to read. You must hold onto some things and let go of others. Learning to make that choice is one of the big lessons of this life.
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Henry David Thoreau
I have lived some thirty-odd years on this planet, and I have yet to hear the first syllable of valuable or even earnest advice from my seniors.
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Mark Twain
Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time to reform.
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A. A. Hodge
It is easier to find a score of men wise enough to discover the truth than to find one intrepid enough, in the face of opposition, to stand up for it.
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