A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return. Salman Rushdie
Have the courage to be ignorant of a great number of things, in order to avoid the calamity of being ignorant of everything. Sydney Smith
What is the hardest thing in the world? To think. Emerson, Ralph Waldo
We are all here for a spell; get all the good laughs you can. Will Rogers
What is virtue but the Trade Unionism of the married? George Bernard Shaw
Stupid men are often capable of things the clever would not dare to contemplate... Terry Pratchett, Feet of Clay
Hate is the consequence of fear; we fear something before we hate it; a child who fears noises becomes a man who hates noise. Cyril Connolly
The secret of success is sincerity. Once you can fake that you've got it made. Jean Giraudoux
A man who makes trouble for others is also making trouble for himself. Chinua Achebe
Nowadays men lead lives of noisy desperation. James Thurber
When a thing ceases to be a subject of controversy, it ceases to be a subject of interest. William Hazlitt
But if you build your life on dreams it's prudent to recall a man with moonlight in his hands has nothing there at all. Don Quixote
The trouble with her is that she lacks the power of conversation but not the power of speech. George Bernard Shaw
Love is a flame that burns in heaven, And whose soft reflections radiate to us. Two worlds are opened, two lives given to it. Aimee Martin
Do not compute the totality of your poultry population until all the manifestations of incubation have been entirely completed. William Jennings Bryan
A brother is a friend given by Nature. Jean Baptiste Legouve
Be thankful for the least gift, so shalt thou be meant to receive greater. Thomas a Kempis
Life becomes harder for us when we live for others, but it also becomes richer and happier. Albert Schweitzer
Remember that very little is needed to make a happy life. Marcus Aurelius
Live beautifully. Dream passionately. Love completely. Tally Weijl
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