For'tis the sport to have the engineer Hoist with his own petard...
- William Shakespeare
- William Shakespeare
The best index to a person's character is (a) how he treats people who can't do him any good, and (b) how he treats people who can't fight back.
- Buren, Abigail Van
- Buren, Abigail Van
If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure?
- Harry Shearer
- Harry Shearer
The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.
- Ellen Parr
- Ellen Parr
Living in a vacuum sucks.
- Adrienne E. Gusoff
- Adrienne E. Gusoff
I fell in love with the thought that a human life could be a priestly conduit, a connecting link between earth and sky. As I grew and stumbled and, most important, as I began to love and be loved, I realized that the ultimate priest is the lover inside us
- Williamson, Marianne
- Williamson, Marianne
I agree with no one's opinion. I have some of my own.
- Turgenev, Ivan
- Turgenev, Ivan
Luck is being ready for the chance.
- Doble, J. Frank
- Doble, J. Frank
My father taught me to work, but he did not teach me to love it.
- Lincoln, Abraham
- Lincoln, Abraham
The first question I ask myself when something doesn't seem to be beautiful is why do I think it's not beautiful. And very shortly you discover that there is no reason.
- John Cage
- John Cage
The greatest gift that you can give yourself is a little bit of your own attention.
- Anthony J. D'Angelo
- Anthony J. D'Angelo
The boisterous sea of liberty is never without a wave.
- Jefferson, Thomas
- Jefferson, Thomas
God gave you a gift of 86,400 seconds today. Have you used one to say "thank you"?
- William Arthur Ward
- William Arthur Ward
What ever our wandering our happiness will always be found within a narrow compass, and in the middle of the objects more immediately within our reach.
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.
- Bulwer-Lytton, Edward G.
Failure is only the opportunity to begin again more intelligently.
- Ford, Henry
- Ford, Henry
No man is above the law, and no man is below it.
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Roosevelt, Theodore
It is impossible for a man to be cheated by anyone but himself.
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
- Emerson, Ralph Waldo
Long years must pass before the truths we have made for ourselves become our very flesh.
- Valery, Paul
- Valery, Paul
Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.
- H. L. Mencken
- H. L. Mencken
The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on.
- Ulysses S. Grant
- Ulysses S. Grant

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