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Be hypocritical, be cautious, be Not what you seem but always what you see.
Topic: Hypocrisy
Author: Lord Byron
'Tis virtue, wit, and worth, and all That men divine and sacred call; For what is worth, in anything, But so much money as 't will bring?
Topic: Worth
The stars are forth, the moon above the tops Of the snow-shining mountains--Beautiful! I linger yet with Nature, for the night Hath been to me a more familiar face Than that of man; and in her starry shade Of dim and solitary loveliness I learn'd the language of another world.
Topic: Night
Author: Lord Byron
I offer neither pay, nor quarters, nor provisions; I offer hunger, thirst, forced marches, battles and death. Let him who loves his country in his heart and not with his lips only, follow me.
Topic: Country
Health, a light body, freedom from cravings, a glowing skin, sonorous voice, fragrance of body: these signs indicate progress in the practice of meditation.
Topic: Meditation
No one has yet discovered any warlike purpose to be served by the theory of numbers or relativity, and it seems very unlikely that anyone will do so for many years.
Topic: Relativity
Author: G H Hardy
Charm is a glow within a woman that casts a most becoming light on others.
Topic: Charm
Our political institutions work remarkably well. They are designed to clang against each other. The noise is democracy at work.
Topic: Government
A poor person isn't he who has little, but he who needs a lot.
Topic: Cliches
I can tell you it's a magnificent sensation when the gap opens up like that and you just burst right through.
Topic: Sports
Author: Sky
Those who misremember the past are pleased to repreat it as "proof.".
Topic: Past
The universe is full of magical things patiently waiting for our wits to grow sharper.
Topic: Magic
Holding on to a hurt creates more hurt.
Topic: Cliches
Author: Unknown
People should be free to find or make for themselves the kinds of educational experience they want their children to have.
Topic: Education
Author: John Holt
I enjoy convalescence. It is the part that makes the illness worth while.
Topic: Sickness
I remember committing myself to make it in the garbage business, "whatever it takes!".
Author: Tom Fatjo
Oh, shame to men! devil with devil damn'd Firm concord holds, men only disagree Of creatures rational.
Topic: Unity
Author: John Milton
If Mr. Vincent Price were to be co-starred with Miss Bette Davis in a story by Mr. Edgar Allan Poe directed by Mr. Roger Corman, it could not fully express the pent-up violence and depravity of a single day in the life of the average family.
Those who commence deliberately. They plod on. They stick to it. They persevere and finally reap their rewards.
Topic: Obstacles
In the past, those who foolishly sought power by riding on the back of the tiger ended up inside.
Topic: Effort