That is the triumph of history - truth absolute is not at hand; the original with which to match the copy does not exist. ~Jacques Barzun, Clio and the Doctors
A cynic is a person searching for an honest man, with a stolen lantern. ~Edgar A. Shoaff
With most men, unbelief in one thing springs from blind belief in another. ~Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, "Notebook L," Aphorisms
Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do. ~Eric Hoffer
It is only in the act of nursing that a woman realizes her motherhood in visible and tangible fashion; it is a joy of every moment. ~Honore de Balzac
O, she is the antidote to desire. ~William Congreve, Love for Love, 1695
Science is the record of dead religions. ~The Oscariana of Oscar Fingall O'Flaherty Will Wilde 1856-1900 for George Bernard Shaw
We loved with a love that was more than love. ~Edgar Allan Poe
We look forward to the time when the Power of Love will replace the Love of Power. Then will our world know the blessings of peace. ~William Ewart Gladstone
Being an optimist after you've got everything you want doesn't count. ~Kin Hubbard
The moment a man claims a right to control the will of a fellow being by physical force, he is at heart a slaveholder. ~Henry C. Wright, The Liberator, 7 April 1837
It sometimes happens, even in the best of families, that a baby is born. This is not necessarily cause for alarm. The important thing is to keep your wits about you and borrow some money. ~Elinor Goulding Smith
Consider what you think justice requires, and decide accordingly. But never give your reasons; for your judgment will probably be right, but your reasons will certainly be wrong. ~Lord Mansfield
Remember when atmospheric contaminants were romantically called stardust? ~Lane Olinghouse
Forgive all who have offended you, not for them, but for yourself. ~Harriet Nelson
Life is not fair, nor has it ever been, but the morning seems determined to dawn until it is. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
To him was given the duty and responsibility of making that great classic of liberty, the Declaration of Independence, no longer an empty promise, but a glorious fulfillment. ~William McKinley
I always thought a yard was three feet, then I started mowing the lawn. ~C.E. Cowman
Is not marriage an open question, when it is alleged, from the beginning of the world, that such as are in the institution wish to get out, and such as are out wish to get in? ~Ralph Waldo Emerson, Representative Men, 1850
You don't take a photograph. You ask, quietly, to borrow it. ~Author Unknown
Unhappiness is not knowing what we want and killing ourselves to get it. ~Don Herold
The most persistent sound which reverberates through men's history is the beating of war drums. ~Arthur Koestler, Janus: A Summing Up
Today we have a temporary aberration called "industrial capitalism" which is inadvertently liquidating its two most important sources of capital... the natural world and properly functioning societies. No sensible capitalist would do that. ~Amory Lovins
The words you choose to say something are just as important as the decision to speak. ~Author Unknown
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