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Give me a lever long enough and a fulcrum on which to place it, and I shall move the world.
Author: Archimedes
The arrival of a good clown exercises a more beneficial influence upon the health of a town than the arrival of twenty asses laden with drugs.
Topic: Clowns
Freedom is never letting your fears stop you from following your heart.
You laugh because I'm different, I laugh because your all the same.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
The work under our labour grows Luxurious by restraint.
Topic: Work
Author: John Milton
Been there, done that.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
Bearing His cross, while Christ passed forth forlorn, His God-like forehead by the mock crown torn, A little bird took from that crown one thorn. To soothe the dear Redeemer's throbbing head, That bird did what she could; His blood, 'tis said, Down dropping, dyed her tender bosom red. Since then no wanton boy disturbs her nest; Weasel nor wild cat will her young molest; All sacred deem the bird of ruddy breast.
Topic: Robins
Simplicity is making the journey of this life with just baggage enough.
Topic: Simplicity
Honolulu, it's got everything. Sand for the children, sun for the wife, sharks for the wife's mother.
Rare indulgence produces greater pleasure.
Topic: Pleasure
Author: Juvenal
I have always said that if I were a rich man I would employ a profesional praiser. - Wisdom.
The highest condition takes rise in the lowest.
Topic: Beginnings
Author: Syrus
'Cause grace and virtue are within Prohibited degrees of kin; And therefore no true saint allows, They shall be suffer'd to espouse.
Topic: Matrimony
Asthma doesn't seem to bother me any more unless I'm around cigars or dogs. The thing that would bother me most would be a dog smoking a cigar.
Topic: Dogs
Author: Steve Allen
Hard work doesn't harm anyone, but I do not want to take chances.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
Trust not the physician; His antidotes are poison, and he slays More than you rob.
Topic: Medicine
The way taxes are, you might as well marry for love.
Topic: Taxes
Author: Joe E Lewis
Never idealize others. They will never live up to your expectations. Don't over-analyze your relationships. Stop playing games. A growing relationship can only be nurtured by genuineness.
Topic: Games
The man who can drive himself further once the effort gets painful is the man who will win.
Virtue is a state of war, and to live in it we have always to combat with ourselves.
Topic: Virtue