Thursday, February 28, 2013

ERICA JONG b.1942

American author and teacher
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Advice is what we ask for when we already know the answer but wish we didn't.

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Wednesday, February 27, 2013

JOSEPH ADDISON 1672-1719

English poet, playwright and essayist

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It was a saying of an ancient philosopher that a good face is a letter of recommendation.

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Tuesday, February 26, 2013

WILLIAM HAZLITT 1778-1830

English writer and essayist

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Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they ought to be.

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Monday, February 25, 2013

MAYA ANGELOU b.1928-

American writer and poet

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The quality of strength lined with tenderness is an unbeatable combination, as are intelligence and necessity when unblunted by formal education.

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Sunday, February 24, 2013

H.G. WELLS 1866-1946

British novelist, historian and journalist

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Moral indignation is just jealousy with a halo around it 

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Saturday, February 23, 2013

THOMAS FULLER 1654-1734

British physician and writer

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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune.

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Friday, February 22, 2013

VIRGINIA WOOLF 1882-1941

British author and feminist

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One cannot think well, love well, sleep well, if one has not dined well.

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Thursday, February 21, 2013

MARK TWAIN (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)1835-1910

American author and humorist

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Wrinkles should merely indicate where smiles have been

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Wednesday, February 20, 2013

JAMES LOWELL 1819-91

American poet and critic

There is no good arguing with the inevitable. The only argument available with an east wind is to put on your overcoat.

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Tuesday, February 19, 2013

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others.

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Monday, February 18, 2013

ENID BLYTON

Growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.

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Sunday, February 17, 2013

VINCE LOMBARDI

The spirit, the will to win and the will to excel are the things that endure. These qualities are so much more important than the events that occur.
 
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Saturday, February 16, 2013

African Proverb

I pointed out to you the stars and all you saw was the tip of my finger.  

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Friday, February 15, 2013

WINSTON CHURCHILL

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

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Thursday, February 14, 2013

CECIL BEATON

Perhaps the world's second worst crime is boredom. The first is being a bore.

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Wednesday, February 13, 2013

KAREN KENYON

Life need not just happen to us. We can choose. We are choosing every moment which direction to turn, towards the light or towards the dark.
 
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Tuesday, February 12, 2013

RUMER GODDEN

There is an Indian belief that everyone is in a house of four rooms - a physical, a mental, an emotional and a spiritual. Most of us tend to live in one room most of the time, but unless we go into every room everyday, even if only to keep it aired, we are not complete.
 
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Monday, February 11, 2013

ABRAHAM LINCOLN

Most people are about as happy as they make up their minds to be.

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Sunday, February 10, 2013

ANON

Sometimes the hardest thing and the right thing are the same.

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Saturday, February 09, 2013

MAYA ANGELOU

Do the best you can until you know better. Then, when you know better, do better.

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Friday, February 08, 2013

GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE

Now and then its good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

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Thursday, February 07, 2013

Chinese Proverb

You cannot judge someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes
 
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Wednesday, February 06, 2013

ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

We are all travellers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
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Tuesday, February 05, 2013

EMILY DICKINSON

Old age comes on suddenly, and not gradually as is thought.

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Monday, February 04, 2013

BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Glass, china and reputations are easily cracked but never well mended.

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Sunday, February 03, 2013

MATTHEW SYAD

Happiness, it turns out, is a destination that we can only reach when we are trying to get somewhere else.
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Saturday, February 02, 2013

WINSTON CHURCHILL

Saving is a very fine thing, especially if your parents have done it for you.

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Friday, February 01, 2013

GEORGE ELIOT

Decide on what you think is right, and stick to it.

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