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We are generally the better persuad…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are generally the better persuaded by the reasons we discover ourselves than by those given to us by others. Great short quote and quotation by: Blaise Pascal , French mathematician, physicist (1623 – 1662)

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We are like sculptors, constantly c…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are like sculptors, constantly carving out of others the image we long for, need, love or desire, often against reality, against their benefit, and always, in the end, a disappointment, because it does not fit them. Great short quote and quotation by: Anais Nin , US (French-born) author & diarist (1903 – 1977)

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Francois De La Rochefoucauld

We are more interested in making ot…

15 Feb , 2011  

We are more interested in making others believe we are happy than in trying to be happy ourselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Francois De La Rochefoucauld , French author & moralist (1613 – 1680)

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Rabbi Mark David Finkel, Gov. Craig Benson Inaugural Speech, January 9, 2003

We are wise when we learn from one …

15 Feb , 2011  

We are wise when we learn from one another. We are strong when we contain our impulses. We are honored when we honor others. Great short quote and quotation by: Rabbi Mark David Finkel, Gov. Craig Benson Inaugural Speech, January 9, 2003 ,

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Cato the Elder

We cannot control the evil tongues …

15 Feb , 2011  

We cannot control the evil tongues of others; but a good life enables us to disregard them. Great short quote and quotation by: Cato the Elder , Roman orator & politician (234 BC – 149 BC)

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We choose to go to the moon. We cho…

15 Feb , 2011  

We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we […]

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We confide in our strength, without…

15 Feb , 2011  

We confide in our strength, without boasting of it; we respect that of others, without fearing it. Great short quote and quotation by: Thomas Jefferson , 3rd president of US (1743 – 1826)

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We find it hard to apply the knowle…

15 Feb , 2011  

We find it hard to apply the knowledge of ourselves to our judgment of others. The fact that we are never of one kind, that we never love without reservations and never hate with all our being cannot prevent us from seeing others as wholly black or white. Great short quote and quotation by: Eric […]

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We judge ourselves by what we feel …

15 Feb , 2011  

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , US poet (1807 – 1882)

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Longfellow

We judge ourselves by what we feel …

15 Feb , 2011  

We judge ourselves by what we feel capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Great short quote and quotation by: Longfellow ,

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We judge ourselves by what we are c…

15 Feb , 2011  

We judge ourselves by what we are capable of doing, while others judge us by what we have already done. Great short quote and quotation by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , US poet (1807 – 1882)

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We love in others what we lack ours…

15 Feb , 2011  

We love in others what we lack ourselves, and would be everything but what we are. Great short quote and quotation by: Charles A. Stoddard ,

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