LAWANA BLACKWELL

American novelist

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The hatred you're carrying is a live coal in your heart - far more damaging to yourself than to them.

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THEOPHILE GAUTIER 1811-72

French poet, novelist and critic.

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Pride leaves the heart the moment love enters it.

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GAUTAMA BUDDHA c563-c483 BC

Thousands of candles can be lighted from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared. 

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CARL LEWIS b.1961

American track and field athlete. United Nations Goodwill Ambassador

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If you don’t have confidence, you’ll always find a way not to win. 

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MAYA ANGELOU b.1928

American author and poet.

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History, despite its wrenching pain, cannot be unlived. However, if faced with courage, need not be lived again.

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PLATO 428/427–348/347 BC

Greek philosopher and mathematician.

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He who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition, youth and age are equally a burden. 

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ANTON CHEKHOV 1860-1904

Russian physicist, dramatist and author 

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Tell me what you want, and I will tell you what manner of man you are. 

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BILL GATES b.1955

American business magnate and philanthropist. He is the former chief executive of Microsoft which he co-founded with Paul Allen.

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Success is a lousy teacher. It seduces smart people into thinking they can't lose.

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ANITA LOOS 1889-1981

American screenwriter, playwright and author

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I’m furious about the Woman’s Liberationists. They keep getting up on soap-boxes and proclaiming that women are brighter than men. That’s true, but it should be kept very quiet or it ruins the whole racket.

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FRANCIS BACON 1561-1626

English philosopher and statesman

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If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties. 

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ANON

Don’t regret growing older; it’s a privilege denied to many. 

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OMAR KHAYYAM 1048-1131

Persian philosopher, mathematician, astronomer and poet who wrote the Rubaiyat. 

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Never anticipate tomorrow’s sorrows; live always in this paradisal (paradise) now.

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RUDYARD KIPLING 1865-1935

English writer of popular verse who was famous for his “Jungle Book.”

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Take my word for it, the silliest woman can manage a clever man, but it takes a very clever woman to manage a fool.

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FRAN LEBOWITZ b1951

American writer

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I never met anyone who didn't have a very smart child. 

What happens to these children, you wonder, when they reach adulthood?

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MAXIM GORKY 1868-1936

Soviet writer and political activist  

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Happiness always looks small while you hold it in your hands, but let it go, and you learn at once how big and precious it is.

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WASHINGTON IRVING 1783-1859

American essayist who wrote “Rip Van Winkle” and “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”  

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A tart temper never mellows with age, and a sharp tongue is the only edged tool that grows keener with constant use. 

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HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW 1807-82

American poet and educator

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Sorrow and silence are strong and patient; endurance is godlike.

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J.K. ROWLING b.1965

British novelist best known for her Harry Potter books

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Indifference and neglect often do much more damage than outright dislike.

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Today on THE ETERNAL VENUS

Florence Nightingale Receiving the Wounded at Scutari, by Jerry Barrett

http://theeternalvenus.blogspot.com

ISAAC NEWTON 1642-1727

English physicist and mathematician

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If I have seen further than others, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.

Today on THE ETERNAL VENUS 

The Lady with the Ermine by Leonardo da Vinci

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CARL JUNG 1875-1961

Swiss psychiatrist

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You are what you do, not what you say you will do.

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MARCUS AURELIUS 121-180 AD

Roman Emperor from 161-180

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Nowhere can a man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul.

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Chinese Proverb

Before setting out for revenge, first dig two graves - one for your enemy and one for yourself

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EMILY DICKINSON 1830-86

American poet

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Success is counted sweetest by those who ne’er succeed.

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ARNOLD BENNETT 1867-1931

English novelist  

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A most curious and useful thing to realise is that one never knows the impression one is creating on other people. 

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WILLIAM FEATHER 1889-1981

American publisher and author

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Plenty of people miss their share of happiness. Not because they never found it, but because they didn't stop to enjoy it.

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FLORENCE NIGHTINGALE 1820-1910

English nurse and hospital reformer during the Crimean War

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No man, not even a doctor, ever gives any other definition of what a nurse should be than this - "devoted and obedient." This definition would do just as well for a porter. It might even do for a horse.

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ANTOINE de SAINT-EXUPERY 1900-44

French aristocrat writer, poet and pioneering aviator

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Life has taught us that love does not consist in gazing at each other, but on looking together in the same direction.

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HELEN KELLER 1880-1968

American writer and lecturer who was both deaf and blind

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Everything has its wonders, even darkness and silence, and I learn, whatever state I may be in, therein to be content.

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FRIEDRICH NIETZSCHE 1844-1900

German philosopher

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Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

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BERTRAND RUSSELL 1872-1970

British philosopher, mathematician, historian and social critic

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 No rules, however wise, are a substitute for affection and tact.

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DORIS LESSING b.1919

 Rhodesian writer exiled to Britain

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There is only one real sin, and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but the second best.

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ROBERT SOUTHEY 1774-1843

English poet who was Poet Laureate from 1813 till his death.

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Curses are like young chickens. They always come home to roost.

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L.M. MONTGOMERY 1874-1942

Canadian author best known for "Anne of Green Gables"

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Nothing is ever really lost to us as long as we remember it.

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beginning today - THE ETERNAL VENUS

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SAMUEL JOHNSON 1709-84

English poet, essayist, critic and biographer

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Almost every man wastes part of his life in attempting to display qualities which he does not possess, and to gain applause which he cannot keep.

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JOHN RUSKIN 1819-1900

English art critic

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Remember that the most beautiful things in the world are the most useless; peacocks and lilies, for instance.

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EMILY BRONTE 1818-48

English novelist and poet

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I've dreamt in my life dreams that have stayed with me ever after, and changed my ideas; they've gone through and through me like wine through water, and altered the colour of my mind.

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beginning Monday 11th March

THE ETERNAL VENUS

a celebration of women in paintings

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CONFUCIUS 551BC-479BC

Chinese teacher and philosopher

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I hear and I forget,

I see and I remember,

I do and I understand.

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PENELOPE FITZGERALD 1916-2000

Booker prize-winning English novelist and poet

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Twice in your life you know that you are approved by everyone; 

when you learn to walk and when you learn to read.

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MARCEL PROUST 1871-1922

French novelist and essayist

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We do not receive wisdom. We must discover it for ourselves after experience which no one else can have for us and from which no one else can spare us.

NEW - beginning Monday 11th March - NEW
THE ETERNAL VENUS
a celebration of women in paintings
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GAUTAMA BUDDHA circa563 BC to 483 BC

A spiritual teacher from the Indian subcontinent, on whose teachings Buddhism was founded. 

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There are only two mistakes one can make along the road to truth; 

not going all the way, and not starting.

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IRIS MURDOCH 1919-99

Irish-born British author and philosopher

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What can one do with the past? 

Forgive it. Let it enter into you in peace.

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H.L. MENCKEN 1880-1956

American journalist, essayist and satirist

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A good politician is quite as unthinkable as a good burglar. 

updated every week-end

QUIRKIE QUOTES

including "What a Nasty Thing to Say"

http://quirkiequotes.blogspot.com

BLAISE PASCAL 1623-62

French mathematician, inventor and philosopher

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The more intelligent a man is, the more originality he discovers in others. 

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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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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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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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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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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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THOMAS FULLER 1654-1734

British physician and writer

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Bacchus has drowned more men than Neptune.

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Updated every Friday
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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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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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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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ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON

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

THIS BLOG IS SEVEN YEARS OLD TODAY

Since 19th February 2006 more than 2,300 quotations have appeared and the site will soon have had 23,000 hits. Here's to the next 7 years!

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ENID BLYTON

Growing old is compulsory, but growing up is optional.

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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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African Proverb

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

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WINSTON CHURCHILL

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

Updated today

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CECIL BEATON

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

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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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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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ABRAHAM LINCOLN

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

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ANON

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

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MAYA ANGELOU

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

IMAGES TO GLADDEN THE EYE

has been updated

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GUILLAUME APOLLINAIRE

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

QUIRKIE QUOTES
a new batch has been posted today
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Chinese Proverb

You cannot judge someone until you have walked a mile in their shoes

 

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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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EMILY DICKINSON

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

QUIRKIE QUOTES
including "What a Nasty Thing to Say"
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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

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

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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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WINSTON CHURCHILL

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

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GEORGE ELIOT

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

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updated every Friday
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WILLIAM A. WARD

The pessimist complains about the wind, the optimist expects it to change and the realist adjust the sails.

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ROBERT SERVICE

Be master of your petty annoyances and conserve your energies for the big, worthwhile things. It isn’t the mountain ahead that wears you out - it’s the grain of sand in your shoe.

NEW - beginning Friday 1st February - NEW
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a collection of cheeky comments, put-downs, etc.
updated every Friday
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ANON

To talk without thinking is to shoot without aiming.

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GOLDA MEIR

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

NEW - beginning Friday 1st February - NEW

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a collection of cheeky comments, put-downs, etc.

updated every Friday

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BENJAMIN FRANKLIN

Life's tragedy is that we get old too soon and wise too late.

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JOHN LENNON

Life is what happens to you when you are busy making other plans.

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WILLIAM DEMENT

Dreaming permits each and every one of us to be quietly and safely insane every night of our lives.

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MEL BROOKS

Look, I don't want to wax philosophic, but I will say that if you're alive you've got to flap your arms and legs, you've got to jump around a lot, for life is the very opposite of death, and therefore you must at very least think noisy and colourfully, or you're not alive. 

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MARGARET THATCHER

Never go into a room unless you know how to get out of it.

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H.L. MENCKEN

The older I grow, the more I distrust the familiar doctrine that age brings wisdom.

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HELEN KELLER

I long to accomplish a great and noble task, but it is my chief duty to accomplish small tasks as if they were great and noble.

 

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WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN

Destiny is not a matter of chance; it is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for; it is a thing to be achieved.

 

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BUDDHA

Whatever words we utter should be chosen with care for people will hear them and be influenced by them for good or ill.

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Now online

A GAL NAMED JO

The Songs of Jo Stafford

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CHARLOTTE BRONTE

Happiness quite unshared can scarcely be called happiness; it has no taste.

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ANON

Today is the absolute day, the only day in the eternity of time. Every day is fresh and new, just as one’s life is new every day.

 

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ELBERT HUBBARD

The greatest mistake you can make in life is to be continually fearing you will make one. 

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SAMUEL SMILES

We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. We often discover what will do, by finding out what will not do, and probably he who never made a mistake never made a discovery.

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NEW - beginning Saturday 19th January - NEW
A GAL CALLED JO
The Songs of Jo Stafford
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DOROTHY CANFIELD FISHER

Those who love deeply never grow old; they may die of old age, but they die young.

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NEW - beginning Saturday 19th January - NEW
A GAL CALLED JO
The Songs of Jo Stafford
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CLINT EASTWOOD

As we grow older, we must discipline ourselves to continue expanding, broadening, learning, keeping our minds active and open.

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NELSON MANDELA

We must use time wisely and forever realise that the time is always ripe to do the right.

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MARK TWAIN

Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live.

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ALICE ROOSEVELT LONGWORTH

I have a simple philosophy - fill what’s empty, empty what’s full, scratch where it itches.

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MICHAEL J. FOX

There are no moments frozen in amber. It’s moving, it’s changing, so appreciate what’s good about right now and be ready for what’s next.

 

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The DALAI LAMA

Sometimes one creates a dynamic impression by saying something, and sometimes one creates as significant an impression by remaining silent.

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SAM SUNDQUIST

Some days you just have to create your own sunshine.

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LUCILLE BALL

The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly and lie about your age.

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PATRICK MOORE

There is absolutely nothing to be said in favour of growing old. There ought to be legislation against it.

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GILDA RADNER

I wanted a perfect ending. Now I've learned the hard way, that some poems don't rhyme, and some stories don't have a clear beginning, middle, and end. Life is about not knowing, having to change, taking the moment and making the best of it, without knowing what's going to happen next.

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Now online

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a personal collection of pictures and photographs

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MAHATMA GANDHI

Happiness is when what you think, what you say and what you do are in harmony.

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Now online

IMAGES TO GLADDEN THE EYE

a personal collection of pictures and photographs

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