Courtship to marriage is as a very witty prologue to a very dull play. ~William Congreve, The Old Bachelor, 1693
Make your feet your friend. ~J.M. Barrie
Sometimes in tragedy we find our life's purpose - the eye sheds a tear to find its focus. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com
If your children spend most of their time in other people's houses, you're lucky; if they all congregate at your house, you're blessed. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966
Slight not what's near through aiming at what's far. ~Euripides
Do you see that kitten chasing so prettily her own tail? If you could look with her eyes, you might see her surrounded with hundreds of figures performing complex dramas, with tragic and comic issues, long conversations, many characters, many ups and downs of fate. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
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The more I see of man, the more I like dogs. ~Mme. de Stael
There is in every true woman's heart a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant in the broad daylight of prosperity; but which kindles up, and beams and blazes in the dark hour of adversity. ~Washington Irving, The Sketch Book, 1820
Trust that little voice in your head that says "Wouldn't it be interesting if..." And then do it. ~Duane Michals, "More Joy of Photography"
With malice toward none, with charity for all, with firmness in the right as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nation's wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow and his orphan - to do all which may achieve and cherish a just and lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations. ~Abraham Lincoln
We are each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embracing one another. ~Luciano de Crescenzo
Earth has no sorrow that Heaven cannot heal. ~Author Unknown
Hope is grief's best music. ~Author Unknown
Breathing is the greatest pleasure in life. ~Giovanni Papini
The problem with political jokes is they get elected. ~Henry Cate, VII
To smoke or not to smoke: I can make of either a life-work. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
These are Americans who still believe in an America where anything's possible - they just don't think their leaders do. These are Americans who still dream big dreams - they just sense their leaders have forgotten how. ~Barack Obama, Emily's List Annual Luncheon, 2006 May 11
A man with God is always in the majority. ~John Knox
Republicans are against abortion until their daughters need one, Democrats are for abortion until their daughter wants one. ~Grace McGarvie
The stars are the street lights of eternity. ~Author Unknown
I've come to the conclusion that the two most important things in life are good friends and a good bullpen. ~Bob Lemon, 1981
How is education supposed to make me feel smarter? Besides, every time I learn something new, it pushes some old stuff out of my brain. Remember when I took that home winemaking course, and I forgot how to drive? ~Matt Groening, The Simpsons, spoken by the character Homer
Cigarettes are killers that travel in packs. ~Author Unknown
Among all the sights of the docks, the noble truck-horses are not the least striking to a stranger. They are large and powerful brutes, with such sleek and glossy coats, that they look as if brushed and put on by a valet every morning. They march with a slow and stately step, lifting their ponderous hoofs like royal Siam elephants. Thou shalt not lay stripes upon these Roman citizens; for their docility is such, they are guided without rein or lash; they go or come, halt or march on, at a whisper. So grave, dignified, gentlemanly, and courteous did these fine truck-horses look - so full of calm intelligence and sagacity, that often I endeavored to get into conversation with them, as they stood in contemplative attitudes while their loads were preparing. But all I could get from them was the mere recognition of a friendly neigh; though I would stake much upon it that, could I have spoken in their language, I would have derived from them a good deal of valuable information touching the docks, where they passed the whole of their dignified lives. ~Herman Melville, Redburn. His First Voyage, 1849
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