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Edith Hamilton

When the mind withdraws into itself…

15 Feb , 2011  

When the mind withdraws into itself and dispenses with facts it makes only chaos. Great short quote and quotation by: Edith Hamilton ,

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Charles Franklin Kettering, (1876-1958)

Whenever you look at a piece of wor…

15 Feb , 2011  

Whenever you look at a piece of work and you think the fellow was crazy, then you want to pay some attention to that. One of you is likely to be, and you had better find out which one it is. It makes an awful lot of difference. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles […]

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Johann Kaspar Lavater

Who makes quick use of the moment i…

15 Feb , 2011  

Who makes quick use of the moment is a genius of prudence. Great short quote and quotation by: Johann Kaspar Lavater ,

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Wine makes a man more pleased with …

15 Feb , 2011  

Wine makes a man more pleased with himself; I do not say that it makes him more pleasing to others. Great short quote and quotation by: Samuel Johnson , English author, critic, & lexicographer (1709 – 1784)

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Ovid

Wine gives courage and makes men mo…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wine gives courage and makes men more apt for passion. Great short quote and quotation by: Ovid , Roman poet (43 BC – 17 AD)

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Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: The Comic, 1876

Wit makes its own welcome, and leve…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: The Comic, 1876 , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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Wit makes its own welcome, and leve…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wit makes its own welcome, and levels all distinctions. No dignity, no learning, no force of character, can make any stand against good wit. Great short quote and quotation by: Ralph Waldo Emerson, Letters and Social Aims: The Comic, 1876 , US essayist & poet (1803 – 1882)

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Orison Swett Marden

You cannot measure a man by his fai…

27 Apr , 2010  

You cannot measure a man by his failures. You must know what use he makes of them. What did they mean to him. What did he get out of them. Great short quote and quotation by: Orison Swett Marden , (1850 – 1924)

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Rose Macauley

You should always believe what you …

27 Apr , 2010  

You should always believe what you read in the newspapers, for that makes them more interesting. Great short quote and quotation by: Rose Macauley ,

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Mark Twain

[Mankind] is governed by minorities…

11 Jan , 2010  

[Mankind] is governed by minorities, seldom or never by majorities. It suppresses its feelings and its beliefs and follows the handful that makes the most noise. Sometimes the noisy handful is right, sometimes wrong, but no matter, the crowd follows it. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain, The Mysterious Stranger, Chapter IX , […]

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