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We are generally the better persuad…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others. Great short quote and quotation by: Blaise Pascal , French mathematician, physicist (1623 – 1662)

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We are not enemies but friends. We …

15 Feb , 2011  

We are not enemies but friends. We must not be enemies. Though passion may have strained it must not break our bonds of affection. The mystic cords of memory shall swell when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of nature. Great short quote and quotation by: Abraham Lincoln , 16th […]

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Kurt Vonnegut

We are what we pretend to be, but w…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are what we pretend to be, but we better be very careful what we pretend. Great short quote and quotation by: Kurt Vonnegut , US novelist (1922 – )

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R. J. Baughan

We find greatest joy, not in gettin…

15 Feb , 2011  

We find greatest joy, not in getting, but expressing what we are. Men do not really live for honors or for pay; their gladness is not in the taking and holding, but in the doing, the striving, the building, the living. It is a higher joy to teach than to be taught. It is good […]

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We have all a better guide in ourse…

15 Feb , 2011  

We have all a better guide in ourselves, if we would attend to it, than any other person can be. Great short quote and quotation by: Jane Austen, Mansfield Park , English novelist (1775 – 1817)

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William Shakespeare, "Timon of Athens", Act 4 scene 2

We have seen better days….

15 Feb , 2011  

We have seen better days. Great short quote and quotation by: William Shakespeare, “Timon of Athens”, Act 4 scene 2 , Greatest English dramatist & poet (1564 – 1616)

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We rarely confide in those who are …

15 Feb , 2011  

We rarely confide in those who are better than we are. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Camus , French existentialist author & philosopher (1913 – 1960)

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Dora Russell

We want far better reasons for havi…

15 Feb , 2011  

We want far better reasons for having children than not knowing how to prevent them. Great short quote and quotation by: Dora Russell ,

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R. D. Hitchcock

Wealth is not of necessity a curse,…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wealth is not of necessity a curse, nor poverty a blessing. Wholesome and easy abundance is better than either extreme; better for our manhood that we have enough for daily comfort; enough for culture, for hospitality, for charity. More than this may or may not be a blessing. Certainly it can be a blessing only […]

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Well done is better than well said….

15 Feb , 2011  

Well done is better than well said. Great short quote and quotation by: Benjamin Franklin , US author, diplomat, inventor, physicist, politician, & printer (1706 – 1790)

Benjamin Franklin

Well done is better than well said….

15 Feb , 2011  

Well done is better than well said. Great short quote and quotation by: Ben Franklin ,

Wendell Phillips

What is defeat? Nothing but educati…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is defeat? Nothing but education; nothing but the first step to something better. Great short quote and quotation by: Wendell Phillips , US abolitionist (1811 – 1884)

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