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Kara Vichko

These days, the wages of sin depend…

25 Feb , 2014  

These days, the wages of sin depend on what kind of deal you make with the devil. Great short quote and quotation by: Kara Vichko ,

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Gilbert Highet

These are not books, lumps of lifel…

25 Feb , 2014  

These are not books, lumps of lifeless paper, but minds alive on the shelves. Great short quote and quotation by: Gilbert Highet ,

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Think of how many religions attempt…

17 Dec , 2013  

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 educate children well are…

18 Jan , 2013  

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. Great short quote and quotation by: Aristotle , Greek critic, philosopher, physicist, & zoologist (384 BC – 322 BC)

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Henri Poincare

Thus, be it understood, to demonstr…

19 Dec , 2011  

Thus, be it understood, to demonstrate a theorem, it is neither necessary nor even advantageous to know what it means….[A] machine might be imagined where the assumptions were put in at one end, while the theorems came out at the other, like the legendary Chicago machine where the pigs go in alive and come out […]

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From the last episode of "Cheers"

Time goes by so fast, people go in …

13 Oct , 2011  

Time goes by so fast, people go in and out of your life. You must never miss the opportunity to tell these people how much they mean to you. Great short quote and quotation by: From the last episode of “Cheers” ,

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To be able under all circumstances …

13 Oct , 2011  

To be able under all circumstances to practice five things constitutes perfect virtue; these five things are gravity, generosity of soul, sincerity, earnestness and kindness. Great short quote and quotation by: Confucius , Chinese philosopher & reformer (551 BC – 479 BC)

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To be healthy, wealthy, happy and s…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be healthy, wealthy, happy and successful in any and all areas of your life you need to be aware that you need to think healthy, wealthy, happy and successful thoughts twenty four hours a day and cancel all negative, destructive, fearful and unhappy thoughts. These two types of thought cannot coexist if you want […]

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Robert C. Murphy

To be listened to is, generally spe…

13 Oct , 2011  

To be listened to is, generally speaking, a nearly unique experience for most people. It is enormously stimulating. It is small wonder that people who have been demanding all their lives to be heard so often fall speechless when confronted with one who gravely agrees to lend an ear. Man clamors for the freedom to […]

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Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor

Toward the accomplishment of an aim…

13 Oct , 2011  

Toward the accomplishment of an aim, which in wantonness of atrocity would seem to partake of the insane, he will direct a cool judgement, sagacious and sound. These men are madmen, and of the most dangerous sort. Great short quote and quotation by: Herman Melville, Billy Budd, Sailor , US novelist & sailor (1819 – […]

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Emanuel Swedenborg, From the book "Apocalypse Explained" #338

True wisdom is seeing what is benef…

13 Oct , 2011  

True wisdom is seeing what is beneficial to your eternal life, and managing your life according to that. You do this when you not only know these things and grasp them with your understanding, but also will and do them. Great short quote and quotation by: Emanuel Swedenborg, From the book “Apocalypse Explained” #338 , […]

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Truth is so obscure in these times …

5 Aug , 2011  

Truth is so obscure in these times and falsehood so established that unless one loves the truth, he cannot know it. Great short quote and quotation by: Blaise Pascal , French mathematician, physicist (1623 – 1662)

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