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  • Oscar Wilde A true gentleman is one who is never unintentionally rude.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Jean Paul A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Bette Davis Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent.
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • Sigmund Freud The great question that has never been answered, and which I have not yet been able to answer, despite my thirty years of research into the feminine soul, is ''What does a woman want?''
    Sigmund Freud
    Austrian psychiatrist (1856 - 1939)
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  • James Allen Whether you be man or woman you will never do anything in this world without courage. It is the greatest quality of the mind next to honor.
    James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • Karl Kraus A child learns to discard his ideals, whereas a grown-up never wears out his short pants.
    Karl Kraus
    Austrian writer and journalist (1874 - 1936)
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  • William Shakespeare But love is blind, and lovers cannot see What petty follies they themselves commit
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • George Bernard Shaw When you read a biography remember that the truth is never fit for publication.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Anthony Robbins Create a vision and never let the environment, other people's beliefs, or the limits of what has been done in the past shape your decisions. Ignore conventional wisdom.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Don Delillo Don't you realize that as long as you have to sit down to pee, you'll never be a dominant force in the world? You'll never be a convincing technocrat or middle manager. Because people will know. She's in there sitting down.
    Don Delillo
    American Author (1936 - )
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  • Erma Bombeck Never accept a drink from a Urologist.
    Erma Bombeck
    American writer (1927 - 1996)
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  • Carl Sandburg The machine yes the machine
    never wastes anybody's time
    never watches the foreman
    never talks back.
    Carl Sandburg
    American Poet (1878 - 1967)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken A church is a place in which gentlemen who have never been to heaven brag about it to persons who will never get there.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken A gentlemen is one who never strikes a woman without provocation.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Mark Twain A man never reaches that dizzy height of wisdom that he can no longer be lead by the nose.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Christopher Morley A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.
    Christopher Morley
    American Novelist, Journalist, Poet (1890 - 1957)
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  • Basil of Caesarea A tree is known by its fruit; a man by his deeds. A good deed is never lost; he who sows courtesy reaps friendship, and he who plants kindness gathers love.
    Basil of Caesarea
    Greek bishop of Caesarea Mazaca in Cappadocia (330 - 379)
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  • Lord George Byron A woman should never be seen eating or drinking, unless it be lobster salad and Champagne, the only true feminine and becoming viands.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Edgar W. Howe A woman who can't forgive should never have more than a nodding acquaintance with a man.
    Edgar W. Howe
    American journalist and writer (1853 - 1937)
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