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Under certain circumstances, profan…

4 Aug , 2011  

Under certain circumstances, profanity provides a relief denied even to prayer. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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We all live in the protection of ce…

15 Feb , 2011  

We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)

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Hazrat Inayat Khan

We grown-up people think that we ap…

15 Feb , 2011  

We grown-up people think that we appreciate music, but if we realized the sense that an infant has brought with it of appreciating sound and rhythm, we would never boast of knowing music. The infant is music itself. In the cradle it in moving its little arms and legs in a certain rhythm. And when […]

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We have long passed the Victorian e…

15 Feb , 2011  

We have long passed the Victorian era, when asterisks were followed after a certain interval by a baby. Great short quote and quotation by: W. Somerset Maugham , English dramatist & novelist (1874 – 1965)

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US Declaration of Independence

We hold these truths to be self-evi…

15 Feb , 2011  

We hold these truths to be self-evident that all men are created equal; that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable rights; that among these are life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness. Great short quote and quotation by: US Declaration of Independence ,

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Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College

What is important is to keep learni…

15 Feb , 2011  

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In the end there are no certain answers. Great short quote and quotation by: Martina Horner, President of Radcliffe College ,

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George D. Prentice

When a young man complains that a y…

15 Feb , 2011  

When a young man complains that a young lady has no heart, it is a pretty certain sign that she has his. Great short quote and quotation by: George D. Prentice ,

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George S. Patton

When in doubt, observe and ask ques…

15 Feb , 2011  

When in doubt, observe and ask questions. When certain, observe at length and ask many more questions. Great short quote and quotation by: George S. Patton , US general (1885 – 1945)

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When one admits that nothing is cer…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. Great short quote and quotation by: Bertrand Russell, “Am I An Atheist Or An Agnostic?”, 1947 , British author, mathematician, & philosopher (1872 – 1970)

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Bertrand Russell

When one admits that nothing is cer…

15 Feb , 2011  

When one admits that nothing is certain one must, I think, also admit that some things are much more nearly certain than others. It is much more nearly certain that we are assembled here tonight than it is that this or that political party is in the right. Certainly there are degrees of certainty, and […]

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Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262.

Whenever, therefore, people are dec…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever, therefore, people are deceived and form opinions wide of the truth, it is clear that the error has slid into their minds through the medium of certain resemblances to that truth. Great short quote and quotation by: Socrates, Quoted in: Plato, Phaedrus, sct. 262. , Greek philosopher in Athens (469 BC – 399 BC)

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Mortimer Adler

You have to allow a certain amount …

27 Apr , 2010  

You have to allow a certain amount of time in which you are doing nothing in order to have things occur to you, to let your mind think. Great short quote and quotation by: Mortimer Adler ,

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