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tiny.ag/iilw7mtc · ★★☆☆ Fair (2962 ratings) · submitted 1997
He is happiest who hath power to gather wisdom from a flower.
tiny.ag/da1k6tun · ★★☆☆ Fair (723 ratings) · submitted 1999 by Stephen
All these nervous breakdowns are driving me crazy.
tiny.ag/1i8zitnu · ★★☆☆ Fair (892 ratings) · submitted 1998
I wish to have no connection with any ship that does not sail fast; for I intend to go in harms way.
tiny.ag/up1actjs · ★★☆☆ Fair (444 ratings) · submitted 1997
Decay is inherent in all compounded things. Strive on with diligence.
Unknown, (sometimes, almost certainly incorrectly, attributed to the Buddha), in Life and Death
tiny.ag/qycsaode · ★★☆☆ Fair (1009 ratings) · submitted 1997
When angry, count to ten before you speak; when very angry, a hundred.
Thomas Jefferson, Writings, in Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/j0vq6ox3 · ★★☆☆ Fair (406 ratings) · submitted 1997
Beauty is variable, ugliness is constant.
tiny.ag/vmqykh2c · ★★☆☆ Fair (1049 ratings) · submitted 1997
The Lord gave us farmers two strong hands so we could grab as much as we could with both of them.
Joseph Heller, Catch-22, in Work and Recreation
tiny.ag/x2tnoops · ★★☆☆ Fair (810 ratings) · submitted 1997
The Puritans hated bear-baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.
Thomas Macaulay, History of England, I, in Vice and Virtue
tiny.ag/w4s36qc2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (502 ratings) · submitted 1997
A friend might well be reckoned the masterpiece of nature.
tiny.ag/qiy9xdhn · ★★☆☆ Fair (1031 ratings) · submitted 1997
To "be" means to be related.
Alfred Korzybski, Science and Sanity, 1933 (4th ed., 1958), in Science and Religion and Wisdom and Ignorance
tiny.ag/dxbh08ml · ★★☆☆ Fair (370 ratings) · submitted 1997
Only those who dare to fail greatly can ever achieve greatly.
tiny.ag/mglnajv0 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1274 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is impossible to love and be wise.
tiny.ag/mb7skahf · ★★☆☆ Fair (276 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is people who live by the rules that are always hoping to get them changed.
tiny.ag/fg9hhljz · ★★☆☆ Fair (3686 ratings) · submitted 1997
Two things I cannot understand: myself and others.
tiny.ag/bnnutdd7 · ★★☆☆ Fair (378 ratings) · submitted 1997
Be your own hero, it's cheaper than a movie ticket.
tiny.ag/ikcjtldg · ★★☆☆ Fair (451 ratings) · submitted 1997
A celebrity is a person who is known for his well-knownness.
tiny.ag/hyedkhd2 · ★★☆☆ Fair (330 ratings) · submitted 1997
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
tiny.ag/isf8vo05 · ★★☆☆ Fair (1041 ratings) · submitted 1997
Delay is preferable to error.
tiny.ag/ct4xj6gg · ★★☆☆ Fair (533 ratings) · submitted 1997
As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain, and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality.
tiny.ag/i0nu42ok · ★★☆☆ Fair (1224 ratings) · submitted 1997
The difference between fiction and reality is that fiction has to make sense.