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If you seek violence, we will seek to put you in jail.
Author: Edward Koch
We treat this world of ours as though we had a spare in the trunk.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
Nothing comes amiss; so money comes withal. -The Taming of the Shrew. Act i. Sc. 2.
My father said, "Politics asks the question: Is it expedient? Vanity asks: Is it popular? But conscience asks: Is it right?"
Topic: Vanity
Destiny is not a matter of chance, it is a matter of choice; it is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
Constant attention wears the active mind, Blots out our pow'rs, and leaves a blank behind.
Topic: Mind
Germany must have her place in the sun.
Topic: Germany
Sever the ignorant doubt in your heart with the sword of self-knowledge. Observe your discipline. Arise.
No man ever yet became great by imitation.
Topic: Imitation
The value of a sentiment is the amount of sacrifice you are prepared to make for it.
Topic: Sentiment
Our subconscious minds have no sense of humor, play no jokes and cannot tell the difference between reality and an imagined thought or image. What we continually think about eventually will manifest in our lives.
Julius Caesar divorced his wife Pompeia, but declared at the trial that he knew nothing of what was alleged against her and Clodius. When asked why, in that case, he had divorced her, he replied: "Because I would have the chastity of my wife clear even of suspicion."
Topic: Suspicion
Author: Plutarch
The weakest link in a chain is the strongest because it can break it.
Topic: Strength
The imperial ensign; which, full high advanced, Shone like a meteor streaming to the wind.
Topic: Flags
Author: John Milton
Internalization. This occurs when you've exploited impact, when you've molded the standard material to your needs and made it yours, when you've made your new skills strong through hard use. All of a sudden these new concepts stopped churning within you, and a new reality is born: You and the concepts are one. They have literally become you. You have become them.
Author: Tom Hopkins
For seldom shall she hear a tale So said, so tender, yet so true.
The bee's favorite couplet: a sunup brimming buttercuplet.
Topic: Affection
Water is the mother of the vine, The nurse and fountain of fecundity, The adorner and refresher of the world.
Topic: Water
nose around (snoop).
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
It is the passion that is in a kiss that gives to it its sweetness, it is the affection in a kiss that sanctifies it.