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To avoid situations in which you mi…

13 Oct , 2011  

To avoid situations in which you might make mistakes may be the biggest mistake of all. Great short quote and quotation by: Peter McWilliams, Life 101 ,

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To be 70 years young is sometimes f…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old. Great short quote and quotation by: Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. , US jurist (1841 – 1935)

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To be 70 years young is sometimes f…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be 70 years young is sometimes far more cheerful and hopeful than to be 40 years old. Great short quote and quotation by: Oliver Wendell Holmes , US author & physician (1809 – 1894)

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Robertson Davies, "The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks"

To be a book-collector is to combin…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser. Great short quote and quotation by: Robertson Davies, “The Table Talk of Samuel Marchbanks” ,

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Robert E. Lee, Conversation with Gen. Longstreet

To be a good soldier, you must love…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be a good soldier, you must love the army. To be a good commander, you must be willing to order the death of the thing you love. Great short quote and quotation by: Robert E. Lee, Conversation with Gen. Longstreet , US-Confederate general (1807 – 1870)

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Simone Weil

To be a hero or a heroine, one must…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be a hero or a heroine, one must give an order to oneself. Great short quote and quotation by: Simone Weil , French social philosopher (1909 – 1943)

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To be a philosopher is not merely t…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be a philosopher is not merely to have subtle thoughts, not even to found a school, but so to love wisdom as to live according to its dictates, a life of simplicity, independence, magnanimity, and trust. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry David Thoreau , US Transcendentalist author (1817 – 1862)

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Katherine Tynan Hinkson

To be a saint does not exclude fine…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be a saint does not exclude fine dresses nor a beautiful house. Great short quote and quotation by: Katherine Tynan Hinkson ,

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To be a well-flavored man is the gi…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

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To be able to be caught up into the…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be able to be caught up into the world of thought — that is being educated. Great short quote and quotation by: Edith Hamilton ,

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Tillotson

To be able to bear provocation is a…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be able to bear provocation is an argument of great reason, and to forgive it of a great mind. Great short quote and quotation by: Tillotson ,

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To be able to fill leisure intellig…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be able to fill leisure intelligently is the last product of civilization, and at present very few people have reached this level. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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