ARISTOTLE 384-322 BC

Greek philosopher, a member of Plato's Academy in Athens

If one way be better than another, that way you may be sure is nature's way.

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DORIS LESSING 1919-2013

British novelist, poet and playwright

Think wrongly, if you please, but in all cases think for yourself.

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GROUCHO MARX 1890-1977

American comedian and film and TV star.

Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it everywhere, diagnosing it incorrectly and applying the wrong remedies.

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CARL JUNG 1875-1961

Swiss psychiatrist and psychotherapist

Where love rules, there is no will to power, and where power predominates, love is lacking. The one is the shadow of the other.

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HORACE 65 BC - 8 BC

Roman lyric poet

Mix a little foolishness with your prudence; it's good to be silly at the right moment.

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W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM 1874-1965

British novelist and short story writer

People ask for criticism but they only want praise.

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MAE JEMISON b.1956

American physician and NASA astronaut

Never limit yourself because of others'  limited imagination; never limit others because of your own limited imagination.

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JOHN RUSKIN 1819-1900

British art critic and writer

When a man is wrapped up in himself, he makes a pretty small package.

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ANON

Live for today, live for tomorrow,

Think of your hopes and not of your sorrow.

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Things never go so well that one should have no fear, and never so ill that one should have no hope.

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GEORGE MOORE 1852-1933

Irish short-story writer, novelist and poet

There is always a right way and a wrong way, and the wrong way always seems the more reasonable.

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JOHN BUCHAN 1875-1940

Scottish novelist and historian who became Baron Tweedsmuir, 15th Governor General of Canada

There may be Peace without Joy, and Joy without Peace, but the two combined make Happiness.

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PERCY BYSSHE SHELLEY 1792-1822

English Romantic poet

Nothing wilts faster than laurels that have been rested upon.

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ANNE MORROW LINDBERGH 1906-2001

American author and aviator

By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class.

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THOMAS CARLYLE 1795-1881

Scottish philosopher, essayist and historian

The block of granite, which was an obstacle in the path of the weak, becomes a stepping stone in the path of the strong.

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H.L. MENCKEN 1880-1956

American journalist and essayist

Conscience is the inner voice which warns us that someone may be looking.

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ALEXANDER POPE 1688-1744

English poet, best remembered for his satirical verse

He who tells a lie is not sensible of how great a task he undertakes; for he must be forced to invent twenty more to maintain that one.

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LILY TOMLIN b.1939

American comedian, actress and writer

For fast-acting relief, try slowing down.

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LOY CHING-YUEN 1873-1960

Chinese Taoist master and poet

An inch of time is an inch of gold. 

Treasure it.

Appreciate its fleeting nature.

Misplaced gold is easily found.

Misspent time is lost forever.

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LUDWIG ERHARD 1897-1977

German politician, Chancellor of West Germany 1963-66

A compromise is the art of dividing up a cake in such a way that everyone believes he has the biggest piece.

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From ECCLESIASTES

Part of the Hebrew bible, the book of Ecclesiastes was written towards the end of the 3rd century B.C.

Trust also your own judgement, for it is your most reliable counsellor. A man's mind has sometimes a way of telling him more than seven watchmen posted on a high tower.

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Chinese Saying

If you want to be happy for  a short time, get drunk.

If you want to be happy for a long time, fall in love.

If you want to be happy for ever, take up gardening.

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ANTONIO MACHADO 1875-1939

Spanish poet, one of the leading figures in the Spanish literary movement "The Generation of '98"

Traveller, there is no path. Paths are made by walking.

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AUDREY HEPBURN 1929-93

British actress and humanitarian

The best thing to hold on to in life is each other.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616

English playwright, poet and actor

How poor are they that have not patience. 

- Othello  11.3

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PIET HEIN 1905-96

Danish scientist, inventor, mathematician, author and poet

He that lets the small things bind him

Leaves the great undone behind him.

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JOHN F. KENNEDY 1917-63

35th President of the USA

An error does not become a mistake until you refuse to correct it.

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GOLDA MEIR 1898-1978

Teacher and politician who became the 4th Prime Minister of Israel

I can honestly say that I was never affected by the question of the success of an undertaking. If I felt it was the right thing to do, I was for it regardless of the possible outcome.

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BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1804-81

Earl of Beaconsfield, British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

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SAI BABA 1838-1918

Indian spiritual master who had both Muslim and Hindu followers

You must be a lotus, unfolding its petals when the sun rises in the sky, unaffected by the slush where it is born or even the water which sustains it.

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WILLIAM COWPER 1731-1800

British poet and evangelical Christian

Absence of occupation is not rest. 

A mind quite vacant is a mind distressed.

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