ALAN PATON 1903-88

South African author and anti-apartheid activist

When a deep injury is done to us, we never recover until we forgive.

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WILLIAM JAMES 1842-1910

American physician, philosopher and psychologist

A great many people think they are thinking when they are merely - rearranging their prejudices.

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ELEANOR ROOSEVELT 1884-1962

American politician, wife of President Franklin D. Roosevelt

Learn from the mistakes of others. You can't live long enough to make them all yourself.

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ASHLEY COOPER

SEVEN DEADLY SINS

Truth, if it becomes a weapon against persons.

Beauty, if it becomes vanity.

Love, if it becomes possessive.

Loyalty, if it becomes blind, careless trust.

Tolerance, if it becomes indifference.

Self-confidence, if it becomes arrogance.

Faith, if it becomes self-righteous

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GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE 1880-1918

French poet,  playwright and novelist, one of the forefathers of surrealism

Now and then it's good to pause in our pursuit of happiness and just be happy.

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GEORGE SAND 1804-76

George Sand was the pseudonym of Amantine-Lucille-Aurore Dupin, the French novelist whose name has always been associated with the composer Chopin.

Know how to give without hesitation, how to lose without regret, how to acquire without meanness.

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ANON

Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.

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MARIE CURIE 1867-1934

Polish, naturalised French physicist and chemist

Life is not easy for any of us. But what of that? We must have perseverance and above all confidence in ourselves. We must believe that we are gifted for something and that this thing must be attained.

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BENJAMIN DISRAELI 1804-81

1st Earl of Beaconsfield, British politician and writer who twice served as Prime Minister

My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees with me.

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BILL COSBY b.1937

American comedian, actor, author and TV producer

A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones that need the advice.

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JULIETTE RECAMIER 1777-1849

French society leader

No woman is all sweetness; even the rose has thorns.

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OSCAR WILDE 1854-1900

Irish writer and poet

The old believe everything, the middle-aged suspect everything and the young know everything.

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CHUCK NORRIS b.1940

American martial artist and actor

Men are like steel - when they lose their temper, they lose their worth.

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SAM EWING b.1949

American baseball player for the Chicago White Sox and the Toronto Bue Jays

Nothing is as frustrating as arguing with someone who knows what he is talking about.

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J.K. ROWLING b.1965

British novelist, creator of the Harry Potter series

The best of us must sometimes eat our words.

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H.L. MENCKEN 1880-1956

American journalist, essayist and satirist

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

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DESMOND TUTU b.1931

South African social rights activist, retired Anglican bishop

Don't raise your voice, improve your argument.

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CHARLES KINGSLEY 1819-75

British historian and novelist


We act as though comfort and luxury were the chief requirements of life, when all we need to make us happy is something to be enthusiastic about.

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MARIE CURIE 1867-1934

Polish-born, naturalised French physicist and chemist, the first woman to win a Nobel prize

Nothing in life is to be feared - it is only to be understood.

Now is the time to understand more, so that we may fear less.

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SAM SUNDQUIST

Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.

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SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709-84

English poet, essayist, literary critic and biographer

Courage is the greatest of all the virtues, because, if you haven't courage, you may not have an opportunity to use any of the others.

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ROBERT G. INGERSOLL 1833-99

American social activist and author

Happiness is the only good,

The place to be happy is here,

The time to be happy is now,

The way to be happy is to make others so.

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KATHARINE HEPBURN 1907-2003

American film, stage and TV actress

If you obey all the rules, you miss all the fun.  

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TERRY PRATCHETT b.1948

British author of fantasy novels

The trouble with having an open mind, of course, is that people will insist on coming along and trying to put things in it.

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MAHATMA GANDHI 1869-1948

Pacifist leader of Indian independence movement and advocate of non-violence

Hate the sin, love the sinner.

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BETTY FRIEDAN 1921-2006

Author of The Feminine Mystique, the first President of the American National Organisation for Women

Ageing is not "lost youth" but a new stage of opportunity and strength.


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WILLIAM FEATHER 1889-1981

American publisher and author

Success seems to be largely a matter of hanging on after others have let go.

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ANON

Think big, believe big, act big, and the results will be big.

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WILLIAM SHAKESPEARE 1564-1616

English poet, playwright and actor

Glory is like a circle in the water

Which never ceaseth to enlarge itself

Till by broad spreading it disperses to nought.

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YOKO ONO b.1933

Japanese artist and peace activist, wife of John Lennon

Spring passes and one remembers one's innocence,

Summer passes and one remembers one's exuberance,

Autumn passes and one remembers one's reverence,

Winter passes and one remembers one's perseverance.

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