A house without books is like a room without windows. ~Heinrich Mann
Fighting for peace is like screwing for virginity. ~Author Unknown
Sarcasm I now see to be, in general, the language of the Devil; for which reason I have, long since, as good as renounced it. ~Thomas Carlyle, Sartor Resartus, Book II, chapter 4
I think my idea of retirement might be to one day work a 40-hour week. ~Vince McMahon
If Heaven made him - earth can find some use for him. ~Chinese Proverb If history could teach us anything, it would be that private property is inextricably linked with civilization. ~Ludwig von Mises
Perfect behavior is born of complete indifference. ~Cesare Pavese, This Business of Living: Diaries
The object of life is not to be on the side of the majority, but to escape finding oneself in the ranks of the insane. ~Marcus Aurelius
Prowling his own quiet backyard or asleep by the fire, he is still only a whisker away from the wilds. ~Jean Burden
The hardest task in a girl's life is to prove to a man that his intentions are serious. ~Helen Rowland
Life's too short for chess. ~Henry James Byron, Our Boys, 1874
Whenever it is possible, a boy should choose some occupation which he should do even if he did not need the money. ~William Lyon Phelps
Speed kills colour... the gyroscope, when turning at full speed, shows up gray. ~Paul Morand
It used to take me all vacation to grow a new hide in place of the one they flogged off me during school term. ~Mark Twain
History is a bath of blood. ~William James, Memories and Studies
High sticking, tripping, slashing, spearing, charging, hooking, fighting, unsportsmanlike conduct, interference, roughing... everything else is just figure skating. ~Author Unknown
If the mind, that rules the body, ever so far forgets itself as to trample on its slave, the slave is never generous enough to forgive the injury, but will rise and smite the oppressor. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Volunteers do it for free. ~Author Unknown
For we brought nothing into this world, and it is certain we can carry nothing out. I Timothy 6:7
Henry James once defined life as that predicament which precedes death, and certainly nobody owes you a debt of honor or gratitude for getting him into that predicament. But a child does owe his father a debt, if Dad, having gotten him into this peck of trouble, takes off his coat and buckles down to the job of showing his son how best to crash through it. ~Clarence Budington Kelland
If you have one eye on yesterday, and one eye on tomorrow, you're going to be cockeyed today. ~Author Unknown
I love my freedom. I love my America. ~Jessi Lane Adams
There is no failure. Only feedback. ~Robert Allen
Don't judge each day by the harvest you reap but by the seeds that you plant. ~Robert Louis Stevenson
Certain flaws are necessary for the whole. It would seem strange if old friends lacked certain quirks. ~Goethe
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