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A rumor without a leg to stand on will get around some other way. (Quote by - John Tudor)

Thought is the labour of the intellect, reverie is its pleasure. (Quote by - Thomas Henry Huxley)

I know that a man who shows me his wealth is like the beggar who shows me his poverty; they are both looking for alms from me, the rich man for the alms of my envy, the poor man for the alms of my guilt. (Quote by - Ben Hecht)

The extent of your consciousness is limited only by your ability to love and to embrace with your love the space around you, and all it contains. (Quote by - Ken Carey)

Experience teaches only the teachable. (Quote by - Vernon Law)

It is only too easy to make suggestions and later try to escape the consequences of what we say. (Quote by - Jawaharlal Nehru)

Man must get his thoughts, words and actions out of this vast moral jungle. We are not predators. We are, hopefully, more than instinctive killers and selfish brutes. Why take such a dim view of our potentialities and capabilities? (Quote by - H.jay Dinsah)

The common people of America display a quality of good common sense which is heartening to anyone who believes in the democratic process. (Quote by - George Gallup)

Imagination is more important than knowledge. (Quote by - Albert Einstein)

No one is free who does not lord over himself. (Quote by - Claudius)

Fish and guests smell after three days. (Quote by - Benjamin Franklin)

Man's greatness consists in his ability to do and the proper application of his powers to things needed to be done. (Quote by - Frederick Douglass)

These are days when no one should rely unduly on his "competence." Strength lies in improvisation. All the decisive blows are struck left-handed. (Quote by - Walter Benjamin)

A friend is one who knows you and loves you just the same. (Quote by - Elbert Hubbard)

Civilization rests on a set of promises; if the promises are broken too often, the civilization dies, no matter how rich it may be, or how mechanically clever. Hope and faith depend on the promises; if hope and faith go, everything goes. (Quote by - Herbert Agar)

He who is not contented with what he has, would not be contented with what he would like to have. (Quote by - Socrates)

If you don't run your own life, somebody else will. (Quote by - John Atkinson)

Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly. (Quote by - Epictetus)

I do not think much of a man who is not wiser today than he was yesterday. (Quote by - Abraham Lincoln)

This one step -- choosing a goal and sticking to it -- changes everything. (Quote by - Scott Reed)

What is conceived well is expressed clearly. (Quote by - Nicholas Boileau)

For the theatre one needs long arms; it is better to have them too long than too short. An artiste with short arms can never, never make a fine gesture. (Quote by - Sarah Bernhardt)

Property may be destroyed and money may lose its purchasing power; but, character, health, knowledge and good judgment will always be in demand under all conditions. (Quote by - Roger Babson)

Character builds slowly, but it can be torn down with incredible swiftness. (Quote by - Faith Baldwin)

What do you first do when you learn to swim? You make mistakes, do you not? And what happens? You make other mistakes, and when you have made all the mistakes you possibly can without drowning -- and some of them many times over -- what do you find? That you can swim? Well -- life is just the same as learning to swim! Do not be afraid of making mistakes, for there is no other way of learning how to live! (Quote by - Alfred Adler)

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