If you limit your… Robert Fritz
If you limit your choices only to what seems possible or reasonable, you disconnect yourself from what you truly want, and all that is left is a compromise.
Robert Fritz
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Health is not… Hannah Green
Health is not simply the absence of sickness.
Hannah Green
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There is no moral… Denis Diderot
There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it.
Denis Diderot
French author, encyclopedist, & philosopher (1713 - 1784)
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The man for whom… –Henry David Thoreau
The man for whom law exists - the man of forms, the Conservative, is a tame man.
–Henry David Thoreau
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I was raised almost… Marlene Dietrich
I was raised almost entirely on turnips and potatoes, but I think that the turnips had more to do with the effect than the potatoes.
Marlene Dietrich
German movie actress (1901 - 1992)
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Children are all… Ralph Waldo Emerson
Children are all foreigners.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
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I expect Woman will… George Meredith
I expect Woman will be the last thing civilized by Man.
George Meredith
English novelist & poet (1828 - 1909)
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Nothing contributes… Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose - a point on which the soul may fix its intellectual eye.
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
English novelist (1797 - 1851)
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There is no need to… Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
There is no need to go to India or anywhere else to find peace. You will find that deep place of silence right in your room, your garden or even your bathtub.
Elisabeth Kubler-Ross
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Skill without… Tom Stoppard
Skill without imagination is craftsmanship and gives us many useful objects such as wickerwork picnic baskets. Imagination without skill gives us modern art.
Tom Stoppard, “Artist Descending a Staircase”
British dramatist & screenwriter (1937 - )
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What is… Abraham Lincoln
What is conservativism? Is it not the aherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
Abraham Lincoln
16th president of US (1809 - 1865)
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I love children —… Nancy Mitford
I love children — especially when they cry, for then someone takes them away.
Nancy Mitford
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I envy people who… Oscar Levant
I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.
Oscar Levant
(1906 - 1972)
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The basic fact… Henry Louis Mencken
The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore.
Henry Louis Mencken
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Strong lives are… Kenneth Hildebrand
Strong lives are motivated by dynamic purposes.
Kenneth Hildebrand
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At the worst, a… Dame Rose Macaulay
At the worst, a house unkept cannot be so distressing as a life unlived.
Dame Rose Macaulay
English novelist (1881 - 1958)
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Politics is… Ronald Reagan
Politics is supposed to be the second oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first.
Ronald Reagan
40th president of US (1911 - 2004)
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The coldest winter… Mark Twain
The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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The cry of equality… Iris Murdoch
The cry of equality pulls everyone down.
Iris Murdoch
British novelist (1919 - 1999)
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When I read about… Henny Youngman
When I read about the evils of drinking, I gave up reading.
Henny Youngman
US (English-born) comedian (1906 - 1998)
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It is even harder… Henry Louis Mencken
It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.
Henry Louis Mencken
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The only true… William Cowper
The only true happiness comes from squandering ourselves for a purpose.
William Cowper
English poet & translator (1731 - 1800)
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Intimate… Harriet Lerner
Intimate relationships cannot substitute for a life plan. But to have any meaning or viability at all, a life plan must include intimate relationships.
Harriet Lerner
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Truth is more of a… Mark Twain
Truth is more of a stranger than fiction.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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“When angry, count… Mark Twain
“When angry, count four; when very angry, swear.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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For what do we… Jane Austen
For what do we live, but to make sport for our neighbors and laugh at them in our turn?
Jane Austen
English novelist (1775 - 1817)
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My mother buried… Rita Rudner
My mother buried three husbands, and two of them were just napping.
Rita Rudner
US comedian
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For every problem,… Henry Louis Mencken
For every problem, there is one solution which is simple, neat and wrong.
Henry Louis Mencken
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Poor is the man… Madonna
Poor is the man whose pleasures depend on the permission of another.
Madonna
US actress & rock singer (1958 - )
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Self-respect is the… Rabbi Abraham Heschel
Self-respect is the fruit of discipline; the sense of dignity grows with the ability to say no to oneself.
Rabbi Abraham Heschel
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It is by universal… Charles Baudelaire
It is by universal misunderstanding that all agree. For if, by ill luck, people understood each other, they would never agree.
Charles Baudelaire
French poet (1821 - 1867)
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“One of the most… Mark Twain
“One of the most striking differences between a cat and a lie is that a cat has only nine lives.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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No more tears now;… Mary Queen of Scots
No more tears now; I will think about revenge.
Mary Queen of Scots
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I have often… Adrienne E. Gusoff
I have often depended on the blindness of strangers.
Adrienne E. Gusoff
US teacher, humorist and greeting card writer
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No one ever went… Henry Louis Mencken
No one ever went broke underestimating the taste of the American public.
Henry Louis Mencken
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When love and skill… John Ruskin
When love and skill work together, expect a masterpiece.
John Ruskin
English critic, essayist, & reformer (1819 - 1900)
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Man is the Only… Mark Twain
Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.
Mark Twain, Following the Equator (1897)
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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All men are frauds…. H. L. Mencken
All men are frauds. The only difference between them is that some admit it. I myself deny it.
H. L. Mencken
US editor (1880 - 1956)
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“Familiarity breeds… Mark Twain
“Familiarity breeds contempt - and children.
Mark Twain
US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 - 1910)
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Family dinners are… M. F. K. Fisher
Family dinners are more often than not an ordeal of nervous indigestion, preceded by hidden resentment and ennui and accompanied by psychosomatic jitters.
M. F. K. Fisher
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Not only is life a… Adrienne E. Gusoff
Not only is life a bitch, it has puppies.
Adrienne E. Gusoff
US teacher, humorist and greeting card writer
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Marriage is a… Henry Louis Mencken
Marriage is a wonderful institution, but who would want to live in an institution.
Henry Louis Mencken
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The ancestor of… Ralph Waldo Emerson
The ancestor of every action is a thought.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
US essayist & poet (1803 - 1882)
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Dance is the hidden… Martha Graham
Dance is the hidden language of the soul.
Martha Graham
US choreographer & dancer (1893 - 1991)
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Nothing fixes a… Michel de Montaigne
Nothing fixes a thing so intensely in the memory as the wish to forget it.
Michel de Montaigne
French essayist (1533 - 1592)
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One ought, every… Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
One ought, every day at least, to hear a little song, read a good poem, see a fine picture, and if it were possible, to speak a few reasonable words.
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
German dramatist, novelist, poet, & scientist (1749 - 1832)
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What my mother… Nora Ephron
What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.
Nora Ephron
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Operationally, God… Sir Julian Huxley
Operationally, God is beginning to resemble not a ruler but the last fading smile of a cosmic Cheshire cat.
Sir Julian Huxley
English administrator & biologist (1887 - 1975)
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The only really… Henry Louis Mencken
The only really happy folk are married women and single men.
Henry Louis Mencken
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A myth is a… James Feibleman
A myth is a religion in which no one any longer believes.
James Feibleman
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