There is this difference between happiness and wisdom, that he that thinks himself the happiest man, really is so; but he who thinks himself the wisest, is generally the greatest fool. Great short quote and quotation by: C. C. Colton ,
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There will always be one who loves, and one who lets himself be loved. Great short quote and quotation by: W. Somerset Maugham, Of Human Bondage , English dramatist & novelist (1874 – 1965)
To believe in God or in a guiding force because someone tells you to is the height of stupidity. We are given senses to receive our information within. With our own eyes we see, and with our own skin we feel. With our intelligence, it is intended that we understand. But each person must puzzle […]
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Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. Great short quote and quotation by: Elie Wiesel , US (Romanian-born) activist, novelist (1928 – )
Until he extends his circle of compassion to include all living things, man will not himself find peace. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Schweitzer , French philosopher & physician (1875 – 1965)
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a […]
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War is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and patriotic feeling which thinks that nothing is worth war is much worse. The person who has nothing for which he is willing to fight, nothing which is more important than his own personal safety, is a […]
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We believe that an artist, in order to be true to himself and his work, must be a free man. Great short quote and quotation by: John F. Kennedy, Introducing Pablo Casals at a White House dinner, November 1961, at which he performed publicly for the first t , US Democratic politician (1917 – 1963)
We met Dr. Hall in such deep mourning that either his mother, his wife, or himself must be dead. Great short quote and quotation by: Jane Austen , English novelist (1775 – 1817)