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  • André Maurois Growing old is no more than a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.
    André Maurois
    French writer (ps. van mile Herzog) (1885 - 1967)
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  • Elizabeth Janeway Growing up human is uniquely a matter of social relations rather than biology. What we learn from connections within the family takes the place of instincts that program the behavior of animals; which raises the question, how good are these connections?
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  • Bill Paxton Growing up in Texas and Oklahoma, Ben Johnson was more famous than John Wayne to some of us. I knew him. I worked with him on a low budget film years ago, and we'd sit around at night while waiting for a shot.
    Bill Paxton
    American actor and director (1955 - 2017)
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  • George Santayana Habit is stronger than reason.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • François Fénelon Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others.
    François Fénelon
    French writer and archbishop (1651 - 1715)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Half a truth is better than no politics.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Aldous Huxley Half at least of all morality is negative and consists in keeping out of mischief. The lords prayer is less than 50 words long, and 6 of those words are devoted to asking god not to lead us into temptation.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Samuel Butler Half the vices which the world condemns most loudly have seeds of good in them and require moderated use rather than total abstinence.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Happiness consists more in small conveniences of pleasures that occur every day, than in great pieces of good fortune that happen but seldom to a man in the course of his life.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Andy Rooney Happiness depends more on how life strikes you than on what happens.
    Andy Rooney
    American radio and television writer (1919 - 2011)
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  • Albert Schweitzer Happiness is nothing more than good health and a bad memory.
    Albert Schweitzer
    German physician, theologian, philosopher, musician (1875 - 1965)
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  • Kriyananda Happiness is understanding that friendship is more precious than mere things, more precious than getting your own way, more precious than being in situations where true principles are not at stake.
    Kriyananda
    Romanian-born religious leader (born James Donald Walters) (1926 - 2013)
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  • Marcel Proust Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.
    Marcel Proust
    French writer and critic (1871 - 1922)
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  • Midrash Happy is the man whose deeds are greater than his learning
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  • Alan Cohen Happy people do not demand a lot from the world because their happiness proceeds from a place deeper than the world can touch.
    Alan Cohen
    American businessman (1954 - )
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  • Cardinal De Richelieu Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.
    As quoted in Champlains Dream (2008)
    Cardinal De Richelieu
    French clergyman and nobleman (1585 - 1642)
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  • C. S. Lewis Has this world been so kind to you that you should leave with regret? There are better things ahead than any we leave behind.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.
    Aleksandr Solzjenitsyn
    Russian Novelist (1918 - 2008)
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  • Bertrand Russell Hatred of enemies is easier and more intense than love of friends. But from men who are more anxious to injure opponents than to benefit the world at large no great good is to be expected.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Baruch Spinoza Hatred which is entirely conquered by love passes into love, and love on that account is greater than if it had not been preceded by hatred.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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