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post #961 of 1674
Failure is no crime, too low an aim is.
post #962 of 1674
"The antidote for fifty enemies is one friend."
-Aristotle
post #963 of 1674
what you think, you become
post #964 of 1674
One must learn the art of agreeing to disagree. Leave it at that. 18 years of working in the NYC Court system has taught this to me.
post #965 of 1674
"A friend accepts us as we are yet helps us to be what we should."
-Author Unknown
post #966 of 1674
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Originally Posted by Holder6Darryl View Post

The truth, if only a pinch, must season every falsehood, or else the palate rebels.

lolz, good one. See post #2 on the first page of this thread.
post #967 of 1674
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A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.

Albert Einstein
post #968 of 1674
You’ve got to go along to get along.
post #969 of 1674
Revenge is a Poison meant for others, which we end up swallowing ourselves.
Vengence is a Dark Light that blinds all who seek it.
Dont argue with Idiots.. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
post #970 of 1674
"Trust is letting go of needing to know all the details before you open your heart."
-Author Unknown
post #971 of 1674
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If you want to know what a man's like, take a good look at how he treats his inferiors, not his equals.
post #972 of 1674
Knowledge is whatever remains after you forgotten what youve learned.
post #973 of 1674
"To be wronged is nothing unless you continue to remember it."
-Confucius
post #974 of 1674
when people give you trouble
when people instigate
when people argue
be the rock

be the rock
the aggressor punches
the rock never punches back
the rock is not hurt
the aggressor hurts his hand
be the rock
post #975 of 1674
There is nothing so small it can’t be blown out of proportion.
post #976 of 1674
"You can't stop the waves, but you can learn how to surf."
-Jon Kabat-Zinn
post #977 of 1674
Youd say knowledge is everything until you saw imagination.
post #978 of 1674
"Love is blind; hate is deaf."
-Author Unknown
post #979 of 1674
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Faith is not wanting to know what the truth is.

Friedrich Nietzsche
post #980 of 1674
"Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else."
-Judy Garland
post #981 of 1674
A good lawyer makes a bad neighbor.
post #982 of 1674
"The most exhausting thing in life is being insincere."
-Anne Morrow Lindbergh
post #983 of 1674
The man who thinks he knows everything will eventually find he knows nothing.
post #984 of 1674
"Many great ideas have been lost because the people who had them could not stand being laughed at."
-Author Unknown
post #985 of 1674
Those who criticize our generation forget who raised it.
post #986 of 1674
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Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

Albert Einstein
post #987 of 1674
One should always play fair when one has the winning cards.
Oscar Wilde
post #988 of 1674
"There's lots of people in this world who spend so much time watching their health that they haven't the time to enjoy it."
-Josh Billings
post #989 of 1674
Don’t nit pick.
post #990 of 1674
"A sad soul can kill you quicker than a germ."
-John Steinbeck
post #991 of 1674
evenge is a Poison meant for others, which we end up swallowing ourselves.
Vengence is a Dark Light that blinds all who seek it.
Dont argue with Idiots.. They will bring you down to their level and beat you with experience.
post #992 of 1674
"If you can't feed a hundred people, then feed just one."
-Mother Teresa
post #993 of 1674
The perception of beauty is a moral test.
post #994 of 1674
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The best defence is a good offense!
post #995 of 1674
"Nobody can do everything, but everyone can do something."
-Author Unknown
post #996 of 1674
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It's easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission.
post #997 of 1674
"Bad habits are easier to abandon today than tomorrow."
-Yiddish Proverb
post #998 of 1674
No problem is so bad it can’t fester awhile longer.
post #999 of 1674
"The man who views the world at fifty the same as he did at twenty has wasted thirty years of his life."
-Muhammad Ali
post #1000 of 1674
Those who know do not speak. Those who speak do not know.
post #1001 of 1674
"I can teach anybody how to get what they want out of life. The problem is that I can't find anybody who can tell me what they want."
-Mark Twain
post #1002 of 1674
From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away. - Raymond Chandler
post #1003 of 1674
"Discipline is remembering what you want."
-David Campbell
post #1004 of 1674
Quote:
Originally Posted by KIG View Post

“From 30 feet away she looked like a lot of class. From 10 feet away she looked like something made up to be seen from 30 feet away. ” - Raymond Chandler

Good one!
post #1005 of 1674
don't do drugs. seriously.
post #1006 of 1674
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A cynic is a man who knows the price of everything, and the value of nothing.

Oscar Wilde
post #1007 of 1674
Dont look where you fall, but where you slipped.
post #1008 of 1674
"I am,
indeed,
a king,
because I know how
to rule myself.
"
-Pietro Aretino, 1537
post #1009 of 1674
As the teeth go, so goes the body.
post #1010 of 1674
"Opportunity may knock only once, but temptation leans on the doorbell."
-Author Unknown
post #1011 of 1674
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It is never too late to be what you might have been.

George Eliot
post #1012 of 1674
"A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image."
-Author Unknown
post #1013 of 1674
better to get it right than right-now
post #1014 of 1674
Let a smile be your umbrella.
post #1015 of 1674
"Who dares to teach must never cease to learn."
-John Cotton Dana
post #1016 of 1674
It's an empty can that always makes the most noise.
post #1017 of 1674
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We are living in a world today where lemonade is made from artificial flavors and furniture polish is made from real lemons.

Alfred E. Newman
post #1018 of 1674
Keep smiling It makes people wonder what youve been up to.


post #1019 of 1674
No honor among thieves.
post #1020 of 1674
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Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man's character, give him power.

Abraham Lincoln
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