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  • Kahlil Gibran Generosity is giving more than you can, and pride is taking less than you need.
    Kahlil Gibran
    Libian painter and writer (1883 - 1931)
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  • Francis Bacon God Almighty first planted a garden. And indeed, it is the purest of human pleasures.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Napoleon Hill Great achievement is usually born of great sacrifice, and is never the result of selfishness.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • St. John of the Cross He who interrupts the course of his spiritual exercises and prayer is like a man who allows a bird to escape from his hand; he can hardly catch it again.
    St. John of the Cross
    Spanish mystic, a Roman Catholic saint, a Carmelite friar and a priest (1542 - 1591)
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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • Benjamin Franklin If you can't pay for a thing, don't buy it. If you can't get paid for it, don't sell it. Do this, and you will have calm and drowsy nights, with all of the good business you have now and none of the bad. If you have time, don't wait for time.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Voltaire In general, the art of government consists in taking as much money as possible from one party of the citizens to give to the other.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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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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  • Anatole France Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson It is hard to go beyond your public. If they are satisfied with cheap performance, you will not easily arrive at better. If they know what is good, and require it. you will aspire and burn until you achieve it. But from time to time, in history, men are born a whole age too soon.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • Mother Teresa It's not how much we give but how much love we put into giving.
    Mother Teresa
    Albanian-Indian Roman Catholic nun and missionary (1910 - 1997)
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  • Calvin Coolidge Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.
    Calvin Coolidge
    American president (1872 - 1933)
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  • Aldous Huxley Knowledge is an affair of symbols and is, all too often, a hindrance to wisdom, the uncovering of the self from moment to moment.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • John F. Kennedy Let every nation know, whether it wishes us well or ill, that we shall pay any price, bear any burden, meet any hardship, support any friend, oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty.
    John F. Kennedy
    American politician (1917 - 1963)
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  • Louis Aragon Light is meaningful only in relation to darkness, and truth presupposes error. It is these mingled opposites which people our life, which make it pungent, intoxicating. We only exist in terms of this conflict, in the zone where black and white clash.
    Louis Aragon
    French poet (1897 - 1982)
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