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2003 4 November :: 11.26 am
"Twelve things to remember:
1. The value of time
2. The success of perseverance
3. The pleasure of working
4. The dignity of simplicity
5. The worth of character
6. The power of kindness
7. The influence of example
8. The obligation of duty
9. The wisdom of economy
10. The virtue of patience
11. The improvement of talent
12. The joy of originating"
-- Marshall Field
The truth is, laughter always sounds more perfect than weeping. Laughter flows in a violent riff and is effortlessly melodic. Weeping is often fought, choked, half strangled, or surrendered to with humiliation.
Anne Rice
I wanted revenge; I wanted to dance on the graves of a few people who made me unhappy. It's a pretty infantile way to go through life - I'll show them - but I've done it, and I've got more than I ever dreamed of.
Anthony Hopkins
Give me a lever long enough, and I shall move the world.
Archimedes
Neither fire nor wind, birth nor death can erase our good deeds.
Buddha
The authority of those who teach is often an obstacle to those who want to learn.
Cicero
I criticize by creation - not by finding fault.
Cicero
They who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night.
Edgar Allen Poe
Death does not concern us, because as long as we exist, death is not here. And when it does come, we no longer exist.
Epicurus
Better be wise by the misfortunes of others than by your own.
Aesop
It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it.
Aristotle
Law is mind without reason.
Aristotle
Young people are in a condition like permanent intoxication, because youth is sweet and they are growing.
Aristotle, 'Nicomachean Ethics'
I count him braver who overcomes his desires than him who overcomes his enemies.
Aristotle
We make war that we may live in peace.
Aristotle
A happy life consists in tranquillity of mind.
Cicero
Let arms give place to the robe, and the laurel of the warriors yield to the tongue of the orator.
Cicero
The name of peace is sweet, and the thing itself is beneficial, but there is a great difference between peace and servitude. Peace is freedom in tranquillity, servitude is the worst of all evils, to be resisted not only by war, but even by death.
Cicero
The welfare of the people is the ultimate law.
(Salus Populi Suprema Est Lex)
Cicero
Your very silence shows you agree.
Euripides
I have found power in the mysteries of thought.
Euripides
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.
Plato
Death is not the worst than can happen to men.
Plato
Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil.
Plato
Cowards die many times before their deaths,
The valiant never taste of death but once.
William Shakespeare
I wish you well and so I take my leave,
I Pray you know me when we meet again.
William Shakespeare
Thou shalt be both the plaintiff and the judge of thine own cause.
William Shakespeare
Thy words, I grant are bigger, for I wear not, my dagger in my mouth.
William Shakespeare
All sects are different, because they come from men; morality is everywhere the same, because it comes from God.
Voltaire
Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well.
Voltaire
Men are equal; it is not birth but virtue that makes the difference.
Voltaire
Even God cannot change the past.
Agathon
By courage I repel adversity.
(Adversa Virtute Repello)
Anonymous
If for a tranquil mind you seek,
These things observe with care:
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how, and when and where.
Anonymous
A man may learn wisdom even from a foe.
Aristophanes
Let thy speech be short, comprehending much in a few words.
Aprocrypha
Where you find the laws most numerous, there you will find also the greatest injustice.
Arcesilaus
It is forbidden to decry other sects; the true believer gives honour to whatever in them is worthy of honour.
Asoka
Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
Chuang-tzu
Do not condemn the judgement of another because it differs from your own. You may both be wrong.
Dandemis
Word is a shadow of a deed.
Democritus
The beauty of a statue is in its outward form; of a man in his conduct.
Demophilus
Control thy passions, lest they take vengeance on thee.
Epictetus
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
Epictetus
I have with me two gods, Persuasion and Compulsion.
Themistocles
Let them hate so long as they fear.
(Oderint Dum Metuant)
Lucius Accius
A man whose life has been dishonourable is not entitled to escape disgrace in death.
Lucius Accius
Look in the mirror. The face that pins you with its double gaze reveals a chastening secret.
Diane Ackerman
Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely.
Lord Acton
Learn the art of patience. Apply discipline to your thoughts when they become anxious over the outcome of a goal. Impatience breeds anxiety, fear, discouragement and failure. Patience creates confidence, decisiveness, and a rational outlook, which eventually leads to success.
Brian Adams
A misery is not to be measure from the nature of the evil, but from the temper of the sufferer.
Joseph Addison
In war, truth is the first casualty.
Aeschylus
This only is denied to God: the power to undo the past.
Agathon
Courage is of no value unless accompanied by justice; yet if all men became just, there would be no need for courage.
Agesilaus the Second
Don't worry about people stealing an idea. If it's original, you will have to ram it down their throats.
Howard Aiken
The angry man always thinks he can do more than he can.
Albertano of Brescia
A man can do all things if he but wills them.
Leon Battista Alberti
The voice of the people is the voice of God.
(Vox Populi, Vox Dei)
Alcuin
The sad truth is that excellence makes people nervous.
Shana Alexander
There are more pleasant things to do than beat up people.
Muhammad Ali
A great flame follows a little spark.
Dante Alighieri
The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' (I found it!) but 'That's funny ...'
Isaac Asimov
The goal of all inanimate objects is to resist man and ultimately defeat him.
Russell Baker
I want to find a voracious, small-minded predator and name it after the IRS.
Robert Bakker
Thus the metric system did not really catch on in the States, unless you count the increasing popularity of the nine-millimeter bullet.
Dave Barry
There exist only three beings worthy of respect: the priest, the soldier, the poet. To know, to kill, to create.
Charles Baudelaire
If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door.
Paul Beatty
The fragrance always remains in the hand that gives the rose.
Heda Bejar
Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines.
John Benfield
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