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He that can take rest is greater than he that can take cities.
Topic: Rest
Author: Benjamin Franklin
Matthew, Mark, Luke and John, The bed be blest that I lye on.
Topic: Beds
Author: Thomas Ady
Here lies our sovereign lord, the king, Whose word no man relives on, Who never said a foolish thing, And never did a wise one.
Topic: Royalty
Author: John Wilmot
Jests that give pains are no jests.
Topic: Jest
Author: Miguel De Cervantes
Good habits result from resisting temptation.
Topic: Habit
Author: Ancient Proverb
There is a tiny yellow daffodil, The butterfly can see it from afar, Although one summer evening's dew could fill Its little cup twice over, ere the star Had called the lazy shepherd to his fold, And be no prodigal.
Topic: Daffodils
Author: Oscar Wilde
Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!
Topic: Attitude
Author: McLandburgh Wilson
The evidence for Christian truth is not exhaustive, but it is sufficient. Too often, Christianity has not been tried and found wanting -- it has been found demanding, and not tried.
Topic: Christianity
Author: John Baillie
Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't, they'd be married too.
Topic: Men and Women
Author: H L Mencken
The most happy marriage I can imagine to myself would be the union of a deaf man to a blind woman.
Topic: Men and Women
Author: Irwin Corey
How many times have you heard this statement, I haven't time. How many times have we made it ourselves? oh, I wish I had time. Time for what? Time to work in the Church, to serve in our communities and time to improve our minds. Think again of these twenty-four hours that are given to us.
Topic: Existence
Author: John Longden
One that would have the fruit must climb the tree.
Topic: Inspirational
Author: Thomas Fuller
If you go parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and you friends are all watching you fall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming.
Topic: Humor
Author: Jack Handey
Those who see their lives as spoiled and wasted crave equality and fraternity more than they do freedom. If they clamor for freedom, it is but freedom to establish equality and uniformity. The passion for equality is partly a passion for anonymity: to be one thread of the many which make up a tunic; one thread not distinguishable from the others. No one can then point us out, measure us against others and expose our inferiority.
Topic: Politics Government
Author: Eric Hoffer
Love won't be tampered with, love won't go away. Push it to one side and it creeps to the other.
Topic: Romance
Author: Louise Erdrich
The American people never carry an umbrella. They prepare to walk in eternal sunshine.
Topic: Umbrellas
Author: Alfred E Smith