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Economy is a way of spending money without getting any pleasure out of it.
Topic: Economy
Author: Armand Salacrou
Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage - to move in the opposite direction.
Topic: Computer Science
Author: E F Schumacker
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
Topic: Books
Author: William Ellery Channing
Never Explain - your Friends do not need it and your Enemies will not believe you anyway. -Elbert Hubbard.
Topic: Friendship
Author: Elbert Hubbard
It has long been my belief that in times of great stress, such as a 4-day vacation, the thin veneer of family wears off almost at once, and we are revealed in our true personalities.
Topic: Vacation
Author: Shirley Jackson
Censure is the tax a man pays to the public for being eminent.
Topic: Censure
Author: Jonathan Swift
Honest labor bears a lovely face.
Topic: Labor
Author: Thomas Dekker
Reputation is rarely proportioned to virtue.
Topic: Reputation
Author: St Evermond
Draw your pleasure, paint your pleasure, and express your pleasure strongly.
Topic: All About Love
Author: Pierre Bonnard
Love is only the game that is not called on account of darkness.
Topic: All About Love
Author: Lisa Hoffman
Example is a dangerous lure: where the wasp got through the gnat sticks fast.
Topic: Example
Author: Jean De La Fontaine
My mother had a great deal of trouble with me, but I think she enjoyed it.
Topic: Mothers
Author: Mark Twain
There is no remedy for time misspent; No healing for the waste of idleness, Whose very languor is a punishment Heavier than active souls can feel or guess.
Topic: Idleness
Author: Sir Aubrey De Vere
Sow an act and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a character. Sow a character and you reap a destiny.
Topic: Habit
Author: Quintilian
The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency.
Topic: Inspirational
Author: Quentin Crisp
How to win friends and influence people.
Topic: Friendship
Author: Dale Carnegie
Sure I'm for helping the elderly. I'm going to be old myself someday. .
Topic: Inspirational
Author: Lilian Carter
Old age is like flying through a storm. Once you are aboard, there's nothing you can do.
Topic: Age
Author: Golda Meir