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tiny.ag/zwylfryx · ★★☆☆ Fair (1391 ratings) · submitted 1997
tiny.ag/fznv6alr · ★★☆☆ Fair (554 ratings) · submitted 1997
I never think of the future -- it will come soon enough.
tiny.ag/2ohv3gf8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (403 ratings) · submitted 1997
The reward of a thing well done is to have done it.
Ralph Waldo Emerson, in Success and Failure and Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/mydapq7x · ★★☆☆ Fair (605 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Megan
To accomplish great things, you must not only act but also dream, not only dream but also believe.
tiny.ag/6b9j37a4 · ★★☆☆ Fair (528 ratings) · submitted 1997
Wise men don't need advice; fools don't take it.
tiny.ag/mtktl96r · ★★☆☆ Fair (305 ratings) · submitted 1997
Whatever is not nailed down is mine. What I can pry loose is not nailed down.
tiny.ag/bpu9tj3d · ★★☆☆ Fair (296 ratings) · submitted 1997
It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues.
tiny.ag/2xwphyb8 · ★★☆☆ Fair (162 ratings) · submitted 1997
Mistakes are the portals of discovery.
tiny.ag/y7qkjsrf · ★★☆☆ Fair (255 ratings) · submitted 1997
Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.
tiny.ag/tldrjftc · ★★☆☆ Fair (1115 ratings) · submitted 1997
Riot: A popular entertainment given to the military by innocent bystanders.
Ambrose Bierce, The Devil's Dictionary, in War and Peace
tiny.ag/tgkornhe · ★★☆☆ Fair (1100 ratings) · submitted 1997
Yield to temptation -- it may not pass your way again.
Robert A. Heinlein, Time Enough for Love (Lazarus Long), in Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/hobsgyde · ★★☆☆ Fair (343 ratings) · submitted 1997
Why be a man when you can be a success?
tiny.ag/jcg8ibwt · ★★☆☆ Fair (280 ratings) · submitted 1997
Sometimes a scream is better than a thesis.
tiny.ag/npf5ywfi · ★★☆☆ Fair (473 ratings) · submitted 1997
He that would perfect his work must first sharpen his tools.
tiny.ag/kge2ejcq · ★★☆☆ Fair (202 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once.
tiny.ag/yuezt1iy · ★★☆☆ Fair (377 ratings) · submitted 1997
A painting in a museum probably hears more foolish remarks than anything else in the world.
tiny.ag/ucas5skv · ★★☆☆ Fair (1249 ratings) · submitted 1997
Life is the childhood of our immortality.
tiny.ag/orx9er1h · ★★☆☆ Fair (383 ratings) · submitted 1997
The wind and waves are always on the side of the ablest navigators.
tiny.ag/soebrnq6 · ★★☆☆ Fair (286 ratings) · submitted 1997
Never offend people with style when you can offend them with substance.
Sam Brown, (Washington Post, 1977), in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/dnj7czjw · ★★☆☆ Fair (1070 ratings) · submitted 1998
Mankind must give up war in the Atomic Era. What is at stake is the life or death of humanity.