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There is a mighty big difference between good sound reasons and reasons that sound good.
Whether it is fun to go to bed with a good book depends a great deal on who's reading it.
Where are the rough brave Britons to be found With Hearts of Oak, so much of old renowned?
The groundhog is like most other prophets; it delivers its prediction and then disappears.
Nothing is more irritating than not being invited to a party you wouldn''t be seen dead at
A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
How, frequently, some murder'd man appear'd, To tell his wife and children who had done it.
Suburbia is where the developer bulldozes out the trees, then names the streets after them.
There is not a single pessimistic note anywhere in the New Testament after the resurrection.
By the time you're eighty years old you've learned everything. You only have to remember it.
The dews of the evening most carefully shun; Those tears of the sky for the loss of the sun.
Sir, I may not have been always a Christian, but I am very sure that I have been a gentleman.
Man has learned to fly like the birds. Now all he has to do is work out how to do it quietly.
It is the duty of a doctor to prolong life and it is not his duty to prolong the act of dying.
Any manwhose love of horses isstronger thanhis fear of being an absurdity is all right with me.
It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.
Because, as we are told—a sad old joke, too— Ghosts, like the ladies, never speak till spoke to.
The average American is for the underdog, but only on the condition that he has a chance to win.
Three or four plays cause the momentum to shift. We turned it over and gave Baylor a cheap score.
I certainly hope the strengths and values of this country hold up to comparison to other cultures.
When it is not necessary to amend the Constitution, it is necessary not to amend the Constitution.
Look for strength in people, not weakness; for good, not evil. Most of us find what we search for.
I've still got a lot to learn about Washington. Thursday, I accidentally spent some of my own money.
Usually we trust that nature has a master plan. But what was it she expected us to do with tobacco?.
Youth is when you're allowed to stay up late on New Year's Eve. Middle age is when you're forced to.
Our banking system grew byaccident; and wherever something happens byaccident, it becomes a religion.
I got shot in the head by my own guys in my foxhole. And they didn't even give me an honorable death.
We've found some things that are suspicious in nature, and we're going to err on the side of caution.
What is my proudest accomplishment? I went through some pretty difficult times, and I kept my sanity.
Every woman is infallibly to be gained by every sort of flattery, and every man by one sort or other.
Improving efficiency on the farm is not only a risk-reduction strategy, it's a profitability strategy.
I've always been struck by how unsuspicious people are in general, if you tell them what you're about.
According to scriptures at least I know the Bible states not to make any permanent marks on your body.
The Four Rules of Life: 1. Show Up 2. Pay Attention 3.Tell the Truth 4. Don't be upset at the results.
Progress is a continuing effort to make the things we eat, drink, and wear as good as they used to be.
The effect of boredom on a large scale in history is underestimated. It is a main cause of revolutions.
Flattery, if judiciously administered, is always acceptable, however much we may despise the flatterer.
Money won't buy happiness, but it will pay the salaries of a large research staff to study the problem.
Evil is only of this world. In the other world there is neither good nor evil; all there is, is beaut).
Our court dockets are so crowded today it would be better to refer to it as the overdue process of law.
The great soul that sits on the throne of the universe is not, never was, and never will be, in a hurry.
For a deed to be totally pure, it must be done without any thought of reward, whether worldly or divine.
Were the Inhabitants of Italy charming as their Country, all other Regions would be depopulated I think.
There is no occasion for our rejoicing at a foe's death, because our own life will also not last forever.
As a nation we are dedicated to keeping physically fit - and parking as close to the stadium as possible.
The happiest and most contented people are those who each day perform to make the best of their abilities.
People learn something every day, and a lot of times it's that what they learned the day before was wrong.
If you overpower your enemy, then pardon him by way of thankfulness to Allah, for being able to subdue him.
I've got a book of poetry by the bed, one of these big collections that goes back to the Greeks and Romans.
The sinner will not confess, nor will the priest receive his confession, if the veil of secrecy is removed.