I think in terms of the day's resolutions, not the years'. ~Henry Moore
Hope, deceitful as it is, serves at least to lead us to the end of our lives by an agreeable route. ~Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld
Histories are a kind of distilled newspapers. ~Thomas Carlyle, Heroes and Hero Worship
He bites his tongue who speaks in haste. ~Turkish Proverb
If the Stars should appear one night in a thousand years, how would men believe and adore; and preserve for many generations the remembrance of the city of God which had been shown! But every night come out these envoys of beauty, and light the universe with their admonishing smile. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
The oaks and the pines, and their brethren of the wood, have seen so many suns rise and set, so many seasons come and go, and so many generations pass into silence, that we may well wonder what "the story of the trees" would be to us if they had tongues to tell it, or we ears fine enough to understand. ~Author Unknown, quoted in Quotations for Special Occasions by Maud van Buren, 1938
Wine is bottled poetry. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little - do what you can. ~Sydney Smith
Kilometers are shorter than miles. Save gas, take your next trip in kilometers. ~George Carlin
There are really only two plays: Romeo and Juliet, and put the darn ball in the basket. ~Abe Lemons
I prefer to be true to myself, even at the hazard of incurring the ridicule of others, rather than to be false, and to incur my own abhorrence. ~Frederick Douglass
We saw the lightning and that was the guns and then we heard the thunder and that was the big guns; and then we heard the rain falling and that was the blood falling; and when we came to get in the crops, it was dead men that we reaped. ~Harriet Tubman
Cats are rather delicate creatures and they are subject to a good many ailments, but I never heard of one who suffered from insomnia. ~Joseph Wood Krutch
Fear cannot give us the adrenaline to push forward until we realize it is the fear in us that holds us back. ~J Beard, @promoterofpeace
Losing baby teeth were a part and parcel of one's life - a symbol of growing up, and it is the tooth-fairy that makes this otherwise dreaded and painful process an exciting one - something to look forward to. ~Mansi Maheshwari
There is no personal charm so great as the charm of a cheerful temperament. ~Henry Van Dyke
Exaggeration misleads the credulous and offends the perceptive. ~Eliza Cook
It's easy to make a buck. It's a lot tougher to make a difference. ~Tom Brokaw
One should examine oneself for a very long time before thinking of condemning others. ~Moliere
Information is the currency of democracy. ~Thomas Jefferson
In ancient times cats were worshipped as gods; they have not forgotten this. ~Terry Pratchett
When our vices desert us, we flatter ourselves that we are deserting our vices. ~Francois Duc de La Rochefoucauld
A woman ought to look up to her husband, if only a half-inch. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
Flaming enthusiasm, backed up by horse sense and persistence, is the quality that most frequently makes for success. ~Dale Carnegie
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