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Great events make me quiet and calm; it is only trifles that irritate my nerves.
Topic: Queen
A propagandist is a specialist in selling attitudes and opinions.
Topic: Propaganda
Author: Hans Speier
If God didn't forgive Heaven would be empty.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
Topic: Time
Author: Bible
Personality is to a man what perfume is to a flower.
We must make the best of those ills which cannot be avoided.
He loved the twilight that surrounds The border-land of old romance; Where glitter hauberk, helm, and lance, And banner waves, and trumpet sounds, And ladies ride with hawk on wrist, And mighty warriors sweep along, Magnified by the purple mist, The dusk of centuries and of song.
Topic: Romance
A good indignation brings out all one's powers.
Topic: Hate
Male supremacy is fused into the language, so that every sentence both heralds and affirms it.
Topic: Language
Chaos often breeds life when order breeds habit.
Author: Henry Adams
Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do... Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.
Topic: Curiosity
Author: Mark Twain
Man is a blind, witless, low brow, anthropocentric clod who inflicts lesions upon the earth.
Topic: Nature
Author: Ian McHarg
The world is a living image of God.
Topic: World
Whoe'er amidst the sons Of reason, valor, liberty and virtue, Displays distinguished merit, is a noble Of Nature's own creating.
Topic: Nobility
Never mistake knowledge for wisdom. One helps you make a living; the other helps you make a life.
Topic: Wisdom
Author: Sandra Carey
Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.
Topic: Gratitude
By three methods we may learn wisdom: first, by reflection which is noblest; second, by imitation, which is the easiest; and third, by experience, which is the bitterest.
Topic: Wisdom
Author: Confucius
We are all just monkeys in business suits running around pretending to be executives.
Topic: Humanity
Author: Anon
A professor is one who talks in someone else's sleep.
Topic: University
Author: W H Auden
Whether you're winning or losing, it is important to always be yourself. You can't change because of the circumstances around you.