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post #1261 of 1689
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Study the past if you would define the future.

Confucius
post #1262 of 1689
Don’t kill the messenger.
post #1263 of 1689
"The most important kind of freedom is to be what you really are."
-Jim Morrison




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post #1264 of 1689
The Truth is rarely pure and never simple. oscar wilde
post #1265 of 1689
Keep your eyes on the prize.
post #1266 of 1689
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Be the change that you wish to see in the world.

Mahatma Gandhi
post #1267 of 1689
"The most beautiful thing we can experience is the mysterious. It is the source of all true art and all science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead: his eyes are closed."

-Albert Einstein
post #1268 of 1689
"Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocrities. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence."

-Albert Einstein
post #1269 of 1689
"There are no shortcuts to any place worth going."
-Beverly Sills




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post #1270 of 1689
He who calls the tune, pays the piper.
post #1271 of 1689
A true friend stabs you in the front. Oscar Wilde.
post #1272 of 1689
"Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower."
-Author Unknown




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post #1273 of 1689
'There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its course:a quiet conscience'......Euripides
post #1274 of 1689
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Peace only comes when reason rules.
post #1275 of 1689
The best defense is a good offense.
post #1276 of 1689


^ Nice one.


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post #1277 of 1689
Some cause happiness wherever they go, other whenever they go.
post #1278 of 1689
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The superior doctor prevents sickness; The mediocre doctor attends to impending sickness; The inferior doctor treats actual sickness.
post #1279 of 1689
Good things, when short, are twice as good.
post #1280 of 1689
"Happiness held is the seed; happiness shared is the flower."
-Author Unknown




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post #1281 of 1689
The world is a stage but the play is badly cast.
post #1282 of 1689
"We are no longer happy so soon as we wish to be happier."
-Walter Savage Landor




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post #1283 of 1689
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.
post #1284 of 1689
"There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way."
-Thich Nhat Hanh




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post #1285 of 1689
If you can’t win for losing, you might as well quit.
post #1286 of 1689
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A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.
post #1287 of 1689
One should play fair when one has the winning cards. Oscar Wilde.
post #1288 of 1689
The past is the only dead thing that smells sweet.
post #1289 of 1689
"Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without."
-Confucius




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post #1290 of 1689
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Learn from yesterday, live for today, hope for tomorrow.
post #1291 of 1689
"When you aim for perfection, you discover it's a moving target."
-George Fisher




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post #1292 of 1689
The sequel is never the equal.
post #1293 of 1689
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Originally Posted by Jack Hunter View Post

Knowledge talks, wisdom listens.


Sometimes stupidity talks and nobody listens.
post #1294 of 1689
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Believe those who are seeking the truth. Doubt those who find it.
post #1295 of 1689
Love is a many splendored thing.
post #1296 of 1689
"We worry about what a child will become tomorrow, yet we forget that he is someone today."
-Stacia Tauscher




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post #1297 of 1689
The world is a stage but the play is poorly cast.
post #1298 of 1689
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The richest man is not he who has the most, but he who needs the least.
post #1299 of 1689
"People love chopping wood. In this activity one immediately sees results."
-Albert Einstein




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post #1300 of 1689
No matter what goes wrong, there is always someone who knew it would.
post #1301 of 1689
Sum up at night what thou hast done by day.

-- George Herbert (1593-1633)
post #1302 of 1689
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The longer the explanation, the bigger the lie.
post #1303 of 1689
'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent'.

A really lovely one by Eleanor Roosevelt that I saw the other day. Fabulously true.
post #1304 of 1689
"Anyone who says sunshine brings happiness has never danced in the rain."
-Author Unknown




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post #1305 of 1689
The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose.
post #1306 of 1689
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It's good to forgive but better to forget.
post #1307 of 1689
"Shared joy is a double joy; shared sorrow is half a sorrow."
-Swedish Proverb




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post #1308 of 1689
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Originally Posted by mumsy View Post

'No one can make you feel inferior without your consent'.

A really lovely one by Eleanor Roosevelt that I saw the other day. Fabulously true.

I love that too!
post #1309 of 1689
It’s better to ask dumb questions, than to make dumb mistakes.
post #1310 of 1689
A True Friend Stabs You In The Front....Oscar Wilde
post #1311 of 1689
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To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves.

Alexander Pope
post #1312 of 1689
Faint heart never won fair maiden.
post #1313 of 1689
"Never give up on someone you can't go a day without thinking about."
-Author Unknown




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post #1314 of 1689
DO NOT trim your child's hair next to the fan intake of your computer's hard drive.
post #1315 of 1689
People who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately.
post #1316 of 1689
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people who count their chickens before they are hatched, act very wisely, because chickens run about so absurdly that it is impossible to count them accurately.

!?!
post #1317 of 1689
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Courage is grace under pressure.
post #1318 of 1689
"No road is long with good company."
-Turkish Proverb




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post #1319 of 1689
Architecture is the art of how to waste space.
post #1320 of 1689
"Hope is grief's best music."
-Author Unknown




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