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  • Muhammad Ali Friendship is the hardest thing in the world to explain. It's not something you learn in school. But if you haven't learned the meaning of friendship, you really haven't learned anything.
    Muhammad Ali
    American Boxer (1942 - 2016)
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  • Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Great is the art of beginning, but greater is the art of ending.
    Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
    American poet (1807 - 1882)
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  • Theodore I. Rubin Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
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  • John Dryden He has not learned the first lesson of life who does not every day surmount a fear.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • Ashleigh Brilliant History may never have all the facts, but history always has the last word.
    Ashleigh Brilliant
    American author and cartoonist (1933 - )
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  • Abraham H. Maslow I can feel guilty about the past, apprehensive about the future, but only in the present can I act. The ability to be in the present moment is a major component of mental wellness.
    Abraham H. Maslow
    American psychologist (1908 - 1970)
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  • George Washington I do not mean to exclude altogether the idea of patriotism. I know it exists, and I know it has done much in the present contest. But I will venture to assert, that a great and lasting war can never be supported on this principle alone. It must be aided b
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • Ashleigh Brilliant I like who I am, and am puzzled to find that not everybody shares this opinion.
    Ashleigh Brilliant
    American author and cartoonist (1933 - )
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  • Albert Einstein I live in that solitude which is painful in youth, but delicious in the years of maturity.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Groucho Marx I never forget a face, but in your case I'll make an exception.
    Groucho Marx
    American comic actor (1890 - 1977)
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  • André Gide I owe much to my friends; but, all things considered, it strikes me that I owe even more to my enemies. The real person springs life under a sting even better than under a caress.
    André Gide
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1947) (1869 - 1951)
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  • Henry David Thoreau I sat at a table where were rich food and wine in abundance, and obsequious attendance, but sincerity and truth were not; and I went away hungry from the inhospitable board.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Honoré Gabriel Riqueti Count of Mirabeau If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.
    Honoré Gabriel Riqueti Count of Mirabeau
    French revolutionary and writer (1749 - 1791)
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  • Voltaire If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Heraclitus If you do not the expect the unexpected you will not find it, for it is not to be reached by search or trail.
    Heraclitus
    Greek philosopher (540 - 480)
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  • Voltaire In my life, I have prayed but one prayer: oh Lord, make my enemies ridiculous. And God granted it.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Igor Stravinsky In the course of your work, you will from time to time encounter the situation where the facts and the theory do not coincide. In such circumstances, young gentlemen, it is my earnest advice to respect the facts.
    Igor Stravinsky
    Russian composer (1882 - 1971)
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  • Sir John Lubbock In truth, people can generally make time for what they choose to do; it is not really the time but the will that is lacking.
    Sir John Lubbock
    British statesman and banker (1834 - 1913)
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  • Henry van Dyke Individualsm is a fatal poison. But individuality is the salt of common life.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi Indolence is a delightful but distressing state; we must be doing something to be happy. Action is no less necessary than thought to the instinctive tendencies of the human frame.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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