WISE MEN SAY . . . and WISE WOMEN TOO comes to an end today

The blog began in February 2006 and today's quote brings the total of posts to 2,750. I thought the following rather good as a final quotation.

Don't undermine your worth by comparing yourself to others. It is because we are different that each one of us is special  - Brian Dyson

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J.B.PRIESTLEY 1894-1984

British novelist, playwright and broadcaster

I have always been delighted at the prospect of a new day, a fresh try, one more start, with perhaps a bit of magic waiting somewhere behind the morning.

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HARRIET BRAIKER d.2004

American clinical psychologist and author of self-help books

Striving for excellence motivates you; striving for perfection demoralizes you.

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SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709-84

English poet, essayist, literary critic, biographer and lexicographer

Nothing will ever be attempted, if all possible objections must first be overcome.

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HORACE 65 BC - 8 BC

Quintus Horatius Flaccus, a leading Roman lyric poet

Remember when life's path is steep to keep your mind even.

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MARJORIE PAY HINCKLEY 1911-2004

American author of "Small and Simple Things."

The only way to get through life is to laugh your way through it. You either have to laugh or cry. I prefer to laugh - crying gives me a headache!

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Chinese Proverb

Enjoy yourself, it's later than you think.

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MADONNA b.1958

American singer-songwriter and actress

No matter who you are, no matter what you did, no matter where you've come from, you can always become a better version of yourself.

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ST.FRANCIS of Assisi 1181/2-1226

Giovanni di Pietro Bernardone was an Italian Catholic friar and teacher who, though never ordained to the priesthood, was one of the most revered religious figures in history

Remember, we learn nothing by speaking.

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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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