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Laughter is sunshine, it chases winter from the human face. (Victor Hugo)
I think, therefore I am. View quote
René Descartes
Experience, the name men give to their mistakes. View quote
Oscar Wilde
Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men. View quote
Jean Rostand
Even after a bad harvest there must be sowing. View quote
Seneca
But how foolish it is to set out one's life, when one is not even owner of tomorrow! View quote
Seneca
Events will take their course, it is no good of being angry at them; he is happiest who wisely turns them to the best account. View quote
Euripides
To love someone means to see him as God intended him. View quote
Fyodor Dostoyevsky
All cruelty springs from weakness. View quote
Seneca
Mostly it is loss which teaches us about the worth of things. View quote
Arthur Schopenhauer
The measure of mental health is the disposition to find good everywhere. (Ralph Waldo Emerson)
I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. View quote
Thomas Edison
Politics I supposed to be the second-oldest profession. I have come to realize that it bears a very close resemblance to the first. View quote
Ronald Reagan
A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. View quote
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Kindness is the language which the deaf can hear and the blind can see. View quote
Mark Twain
Some persons make promises for the pleasure of breaking them. View quote
William Hazlitt
Forgiveness is the fragrance that the violet sheds on the heel that has crushed it. View quote
Mark Twain
Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. View quote
Albert Einstein
To cease smoking is the easiest thing I ever did. I ought to know because I've done it a thousand times. View quote
Mark Twain
It's so easy to be kind - you just need to imagine yourself in the other person's place before you start judging him. View quote
Marlene Dietrich
When people do not respect us we are sharply offended; yet in his private heart no man much respects himself. View quote
Mark Twain
A few vices are sufficient to darken many virtues. View quote
Plutarch
Be Yourself. Everyone Else Is Already Taken. View quote
Oscar Wilde
While there's life, there's hope. View quote
Cicero
Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves. View quote
Confucius