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Opportunity makes a thief.


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It is impossible to love and to be wise.

It is impossible to love and to be wise.



Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.

Silence is the sleep that nourishes wisdom.



Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.

Begin doing what you want to do now. We are not living in eternity. We have only this moment, sparkling like a star in our hand - and melting like a snowflake.



If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.

If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with doubts, he shall end in certainties.



All rising to great places is by a winding stair.

All rising to great places is by a winding stair.



It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.

It's not what we profess but what we practice that gives us integrity.



Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.

Man prefers to believe what he prefers to be true.



There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.

There is a difference between happiness and wisdom: he that thinks himself the happiest man is really so; but he that thinks himself the wisest is generally the greatest fool.



Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.

Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider.



Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.

Life is a marshmallow, easy to chew but hard to swallow.





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A still small voice spake unto me, 'Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be?

A still small voice spake unto me, 'Thou art so full of misery, Were it not better not to be?



There are only two types of music.good and bad.

There are only two types of music.good and bad.



By becoming mindful of our cultural programming, we can step out of it.

By becoming mindful of our cultural programming, we can step out of it.



There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.

There's no way I can compete with someone who can write rap or rock and roll. Nor do I wish to. But I've always kept up to date with music changes. I worked very hard not to type myself.



I don't really like using guns too much, you know, even for sport.

I don't really like using guns too much, you know, even for sport.



The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news.

The news media are, for the most part, the bringers of bad news... and it's not entirely the media's fault, bad news gets higher ratings and sells more papers than good news.



Television has usurped everybody from film. And so have commercials, by the way.

Television has usurped everybody from film. And so have commercials, by the way.



Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius.

Few of the great tragedies of history were created by the village idiot, and many by the village genius.



Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.




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