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Dante Alighieri, The Divine Comedy

Through me you pass into the city o…

19 Dec , 2011  

Through me you pass into the city of woe: Through me you pass into eternal pain: Through me among the people lost for aye. Justice the founder of my fabric moved: To rear me was the task of power divine, Supremest wisdom, and primeval love. Before me things create were none, save things Eternal, and […]

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Euripides, Aeolus

Time will explain it all. He is a t…

13 Oct , 2011  

Time will explain it all. He is a talker, and needs no questioning before he speaks. Great short quote and quotation by: Euripides, Aeolus , Greek tragic dramatist (484 BC – 406 BC)

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Alexis Carrel

To accomplish our destiny it is not…

13 Oct , 2011  

To accomplish our destiny it is not enough to merely guard prudently against road accidents. We must also cover before nightfall the distance assigned to each of us. Great short quote and quotation by: Alexis Carrel , French biologist & surgeon (1873 – 1944)

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To get a name can happen but to few…

13 Oct , 2011  

To get a name can happen but to few; it is one of the few things that cannot be brought. It is the free gift of mankind, which must be deserved before it will be granted, and is at last unwillingly bestowed. Great short quote and quotation by: Samuel Johnson , English author, critic, & […]

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To most of us nothing is so invisib…

13 Oct , 2011  

To most of us nothing is so invisible as an unpleasant truth. Though it is held before our eyes, pushed under our noses, rammed down our throats- we know it not. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric Hoffer , (1902 – 1983)

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Anaximenes

To what purpose should I trouble my…

13 Oct , 2011  

To what purpose should I trouble myself in searching out the secrets of the stars, having death or slavery continually before my eyes? Great short quote and quotation by: Anaximenes ,

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Too many people run out of ideas lo…

13 Oct , 2011  

Too many people run out of ideas long before they run out of words. Great short quote and quotation by: Author Unknown ,

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French Proverb

Wait until it is night before sayin…

15 Feb , 2011  

Wait until it is night before saying that it has been a fine day. Great short quote and quotation by: French Proverb ,

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We are all born charming, fresh and…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are all born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. Great short quote and quotation by: Judith Martin, (Miss Manners) ,

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We are born charming, fresh and spo…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are born charming, fresh and spontaneous and must be civilized before we are fit to participate in society. Great short quote and quotation by: Judith Martin, (Miss Manners) ,

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Jerome Seymour Bruner

We are only now on the threshold of…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are only now on the threshold of knowing the range of the educatability of man — the perfectibility of man. We have never addressed ourselves to this problem before. Great short quote and quotation by: Jerome Seymour Bruner ,

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John Claypool

We do not first get all the answers…

15 Feb , 2011  

We do not first get all the answers and then live in the light of our understanding. We must rather plunge into life meeting what we have to meet and experiencing what we have to experience and in the light of living try to understand. if insight comes at all, it will not before, but […]

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