“ Wise sayings often fall on barren ground; but a kind word is never thrown away. ”
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“ The proverb warns that, "You should not bite the hand that feeds you." But maybe you should, if it prevents you from feeding yourself. ”
- Thomas Szasz- Copy
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“ I have read in Plato and Cicero sayings that are wise and very beautiful; but I have never read in either of them: Come unto me all ye that labor and are heavy laden.". ”
- St. Augustine- Copy
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“ Morality sticks faster when presented in brief sayings than when presented in long discourse. ”
- Immermann- Copy
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“ There are mystically in our faces certain characters which carry in them the motto of our souls, wherein he that cannot read A, B, C may read our natures. ”
- Sir Thomas Browne- Copy
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“ Maxim for life: You get treated in life the way you teach people to treat you. ”
- Wayne Dyer- Copy
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“ Nothing in the world can take the place of Persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent… ”
- Calvin Coolidge- Copy
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“ Would ye both eat your cake and have your cake?"This is commonly misquotes as "You can't have you're cake and eat it, too. - John Heywood's Proverbs, 1546. ”
- John Heywood- Copy
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“ And oftentimes excusing of a fault doth make the fault the worse by the excuse. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ What's in a name? That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ The great writers of aphorisms read as if they had all known each other very well. ”
- Elias Canetti- Copy
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“ I know myself now, and I feel within me A peace above all earthly dignities, A still and quiet conscience. ”
- William Shakespeare- Copy
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“ More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man — he — himself. ”
- Gabriel Heatter- Copy
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“ A pleasant traveling companion helps us on our journey as much as a carriage. ”
- Jonathan Swift- Copy
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“ He may as well not thank at all, who thanks when none are by. ”
- Sir Walter Scott- Copy
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