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  • Rabindranath Tagore We live in the world when we love it.
    Rabindranath Tagore
    Indian mystic and poet (1861 - 1941)
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  • William Shakespeare Action is eloquence.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Henry Winkler A human being's first responsibility is to shake hands with himself.
    Henry Winkler
    American actor, comedian and director
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  • George Bernard Shaw A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater Action, looks, words, steps, form the alphabet by which you may spell character.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • Josh Billings Experience increases our wisdom but doesn't reduce our follies.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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  • Oscar Wilde Between men and women there is no friendship possible. There is passion, enmity, worship, love, but no friendship.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • George Bernard Shaw A man of my spiritual intensity does not eat corpses.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Faith Baldwin Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness.
    Faith Baldwin
    American author of romance and fiction (1893 - 1978)
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  • James Allen The more tranquil a man becomes, the greater is his success, his influence, his power for good. Calmness of mind is one of the beautiful jewels of wisdom.
    James Allen
    British philosophical writer (1864 - 1912)
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  • Cato the Elder It is sometimes the height of wisdom to feign stupidity.
    Cato the Elder
    Roman senator and historian (234 - 149)
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  • Mark Twain Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • John Howe Character is power; it makes friends, draws patronage and support and opens the way to wealth, honor and happiness.
    John Howe
    Canadian-French illustrator
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  • Mangnu Hirschfield Love is a conflict between reflexes and reflections.
    Mangnu Hirschfield
    German physician and sexologist
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  • Aristotle A true friend is one soul in two bodies.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Our truest life is when we are in our dreams awake.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • John Gay A woman's friendship ever ends in love.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • Jiddu Krishnamurti Freedom and love go together. Love is not a reaction. If I love you because you love me, that is mere trade, a thing to be bought in the market; it is not love. To love is not to ask anything in return, not even to feel that you are giving something- and it is only such love that can know freedom.
    Jiddu Krishnamurti
    Indian theosophist (1895 - 1986)
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  • John A. Shedd A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for.
    John A. Shedd
    American author and professor
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  • Francis Bacon A prudent question is one-half of wisdom.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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