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We may escape misfortune for a while, but the evil day will come.
It is a consolation to the wretched to have companions in misery.
The little vices of the great must needs be accounted very great.
A position of dignity is more easily improved upon than acquired.
The wise man guards against the future as if it were the present.
You need not hang up the ivy branch over the wine that will sell.
However low a man sinks he never reaches the level of the police.
No one regards what is before his feet; we all gaze at the stars.
Every science is made up entirely of anomalies rearranged to fit.
This is what I want to be. An instrument of mercy, not vengeance.
Who are you calling?" (claire) Pizza hut" (shane) Loser" (claire)
At a certain age just being around particular people is an event.
Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.
I discovered me in the library. I went to find me in the library.
Poverty made a sound like a wet cough in the shadows of the room.
We all are rich and ignore the buried fact of accumulated wisdom.
I will ride my luck on occasion, but I like to pick the occasion.
The Islamic Reformation is already here. We are all living in it.
We become what we think about. Energy flows where attention goes.
There is no greater power in the Universe than the power of love.
Rarely do members of the same family grow up under the same roof.
You don't tell the quality of a master by the size of his crowds.
Next to ‘God’, ‘love’ is the word most mangled in every language.
To not pursue the thing one wants would be a waste of one's life.
I finally figured out the only reason to be alive is to enjoy it.
Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.
Correcting bad habits cannot be done by forbidding or punishment.
No man is much good unless he believes in God and obeys His laws.
City Ballet remains a great company in perpetual artistic crisis.
Ladies: You have to support an infant with a hand under its head.
Don't you know that every perfect life would mean the end of art?
You should never be ashamed of the suffering you've been through.
Those who have the habit of revelation lose the habit of thought.
The most difficult thing about Time, I have learned, is doing it.
I like weeding, but I tend to think of it as a solitary activity.
What is the Law of the Jungle? Strike first and then give tongue.
He became an officer and a gentleman, which is an enviable thing.
Gentleman-rankers out on the spree, damned from here to Eternity.
Confidence is a plant of slow growth; especially in an aged bosom
A decent provision for the poor is the true test of civilization.
Shakespeare never had more than 6 lines together without a fault.
Quotation is a good thing, there is a community of thought in it.
Parents are by no means exempt from the intoxication of dominion.
Of the blessings set before you make your choice, and be content.
Nothing is difficult, when gain and honour unite their influence.
When speculation has done its worst, two and two still make four.
Sir, you have but two topics, yourself and me. I am sick of both.
Moderation is commonly firm, and firmness is commonly successful.
Labor's face is wrinkled with the wind, and swarthy with the sun.
No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it.