Tag: wisdom
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March 05, 2007 03:28 PM EST --
To me, all poetry pales next to this guy:
A poet is a bird of unearthly excellence, who escapes from his celestial realm
arrives in this world warbling. If we do not cherish him, he spreads his wings . . .
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March 09, 2007 12:23 AM EST --
George: Grace, those are beautiful flowers. Where did they come from?
Gracie: Don't you remember, George? You said that if I went to visit Clara Bagley
in the hospital I should be sure to take . . .
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March 09, 2007 08:11 PM EST --
See, the problem is that God gives men a brain and a penis, and only enough
blood to run one at a time.
Robin Williams
You're only given a little spark of madness. You mustn't lose it.
Robin . . .
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March 05, 2007 03:04 PM EST --
A man who carries a cat by the tail learns something he can learn in no other way.
Mark Twain
Action speaks louder than words but not nearly as often.
Mark Twain
It ain't what you don't know . . .
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March 19, 2007 09:51 AM EDT --
A varied selection of quotes (once again, I must apologise for the spacing...the "remove formatting" tool appears to have no effect on it):
"To laugh often and much; to win the . . .
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April 13, 2007 06:28 PM EDT --
Believe those who are seeking the truth; doubt those who find it.
Andre Gide
Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.
Benjamin Disraeli
We know the truth, not . . .
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March 24, 2007 04:13 PM EDT --
GOD is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.
Voltaire
Common sense is not so common.
Voltaire
Doubt is not a pleasant condition, but certainty is absurd.
Voltaire. . . .
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March 29, 2007 03:55 AM EDT --
And the more you become aware of the unknown self - if you become aware of it - the more you realize that it is inseparably connected with everything else that is.
Alan Watts
But we try to pretend, you . . .
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April 07, 2007 03:33 PM EDT --
You can run with the big dogs or sit on the porch and bark.
Wallace Arnold
The man who follows the crowd will usually get no further than the crowd. The
man who walks alone is likely to find himself . . .
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August 12, 2007 02:30 PM EDT --
I believe much trouble would be saved if we opened our hearts more.
Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
All men were made by the Great Spirit Chief. They are all brothers.
Chief Joseph, Nez Perce
It does not require . . .
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September 26, 2007 09:53 AM EDT --
If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur.
Doug Larson
We have too many high sounding words, and too few actions that correspond with them.
Abigail Adams
The . . .
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March 28, 2007 01:05 AM EDT --
It is not necessary to understand things in order to argue about them.
Pierre-Augustin Caron de Beaumarchais (1732-1799)
It is impossible to travel faster than the speed of light, and certainly . . .
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July 25, 2007 08:56 PM EDT --
All styles are good except the tiresome kind.
Voltaire
All the reasonings of men are not worth one sentiment of women.
Voltaire
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities. . . .
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March 26, 2007 08:32 AM EDT --
We make a Living by what we GET, we make a Life by what we GIVE.
Sir Winston Churchill
Just as a candle cannot burn without fire, men cannot live without a spiritual life.
Buddha
All . . .
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April 07, 2007 06:30 PM EDT --
I have never been able to find out precisely what feminism is: I only know that people call me a feminist whenever I express sentiments that differentiate me from a doormat.
Rebecca West, 1913
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April 25, 2007 08:50 PM EDT --
In light of the enthusiasm for the upcoming Arbor Day, here's a few quotes, that, though may not all be about trees, are appropriate to the spirit of same:
The planting of trees is the least self-centered . . .
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May 18, 2007 01:10 PM EDT --
The tears you shed are purer than the laughter of him that seeks to forget and sweeter than the mockery of the scoffer. These tears cleanse the heart of the blight of hatred, and teach man to share . . .
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March 15, 2009 01:35 AM EDT --
Never persuade yourself that you possess wisdom in
virtue of mere memory or mere mental culture. Wisdom
is like a mother's love, which makes itself felt only after
the labours and pains of childbirth. . . .
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May 07, 2009 04:16 PM EDT --
George Bernard Shaw (26 July 1856 - 2 November 1950)
A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
~ George Bernard Shaw
A life spent . . .
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