Samuel Johnson, Taxation No Tyranny
There will always be a part, and always a very large part of every community, that have no care but for themselves, and whose care for themselves reaches little further than impatience of immediate pain, and eagerness for the nearest good. Great short quote and quotation by: Samuel Johnson, Taxation No Tyranny , English author, […]
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Therefore, be ye lamps unto yourselves, be a refuge to yourselves. Hold fast to Truth as a lamp; hold fast to the truth as a refuge. Look not for a refuge in anyone beside yourselves. And those, who shall be a lamp unto themselves, shall betake themselves to no external refuge, but holding fast to […]
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Elie Wiesel, Chicago Sun-Times, November 5, 2001
They were going to die. They knew it, and their last words were I love you. Even in great pain, their last words were of love… People who could have saved themselves and they ran back in to save others instead. If humanity is capable of that, how can I lose hope in humanity? Great […]
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Think of how many religions attempt to validate themselves with prophecy. Think of how many people rely on these prophecies, however vague, however unfulfilled, to support or prop up their beliefs. Yet has there ever been a religion with the prophetic accuracy and reliability of science? Great short quote and quotation by: Carl Sagan , […]
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Those who would deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and, under a just God, cannot long retain it. Great short quote and quotation by: Abraham Lincoln , 16th president of US (1809 – 1865)
Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered — either by themselves or by others. Great short quote and quotation by: Unknown , Quotations by unknown authors
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Thousands of geniuses live and die undiscovered – either by themselves or by others. Great short quote and quotation by: Mark Twain , US humorist, novelist, short story author, & wit (1835 – 1910)
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Thus have the gods spun the thread for wretched mortals: that they live in grief while they themselves are without cares; for two jars stand on the floor of Zeus of the gifts which he gives, one of evils and another of blessings. Great short quote and quotation by: Homer, The Iliad , Greek epic […]
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Douglas Adams, The Restaurant at the End of the Universe
To summarize: it is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it. To summarize the summary: anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. To summarize the summary of the summary: […]
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Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Einstein , US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)
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Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers. This is a cruel libel, even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves. Great short quote and quotation by: Albert Einstein , US (German-born) physicist (1879 – 1955)
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