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#1

“I want to stand as close to the edge as I can without going over. Out on the edge you see all kinds of things you can't see from the center.”
― Kurt Vonnegut, Player Piano

tags: writer-s-life

5,077 people liked it

#2

“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, honesty, inspirational, unsourced, unverifiable

65,754 people liked it

#3

“A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
― Marcus Tullius Cicero

tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul

56,019 people liked it

#4

“You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.”
― Mae West

tags: humor, life

54,903 people liked it

#5

“So many books, so little time.”
― Frank Zappa

tags: books, humor

54,643 people liked it

#6

“Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I thought I was the only one.”
― C.S. Lewis

tags: friendship

51,564 people liked it

#7

“Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
― Narcotics Anonymous, Narcotics Anonymous

tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-albert-einstein

42,705 people liked it

#8

“I am so clever that sometimes I don't understand a single word of what I am saying.”
― Oscar Wilde, The Happy Prince and Other Stories

tags: intelligence, self-deprecation

40,695 people liked it

#9

“Always forgive your enemies; nothing annoys them so much.”
― Oscar Wilde

tags: enemies, forgiveness, strategy

40,528 people liked it

#10

“It is better to remain silent at the risk of being thought a fool, than to talk and remove all doubt of it.”
― Maurice Switzer

tags: remaining-silent, wisdom

34,905 people liked it

#11

“A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

tags: misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt

30,566 people liked it

#12

“Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well".

From: "More Maxims of Mark”
― Mark Twain

tags: humor, procrastination

26,199 people liked it

#13

“Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.”
― Mark Twain

tags: individuality, majority, minority, pause, reflect, wisdom

27,217 people liked it

#14

“Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.”
― Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor

25,631 people liked it

#15

“If everybody is thinking alike, then somebody isn't thinking.”
― George S. Patton Jr.

2,505 people liked it

#16

“You've gotta dance like there's nobody watching,
Love like you'll never be hurt,
Sing like there's nobody listening,
And live like it's heaven on earth.”
― William W. Purkey

tags: dance, heaven, hurt, inspirational, life, love, sing

69,104 people liked it

#17

“Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.”
― Albert Einstein

tags: attributed-no-source, human-nature, humor, infinity, philosophy, science, stupidity, universe

66,360 people liked it

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