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    Albert Einstein
    “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
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    “Insanity is doing the same thing, over and over again, but expecting different results.”
    ― Narcotics Anonymous
    tags: humor, insanity, life, misattributed-ben-franklin, misattributed-mark-twain, misattributed-to-einstein
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    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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    Oscar Wilde
    “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
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    Jane Austen
    “The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    tags: aliteracy, books, classic, humor
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    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
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    Albert Einstein
    “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: attributed-no-source, inspirational, life, live, miracle, miracles
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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    Oscar Wilde
    “To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
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    William Shakespeare
    “Love all, trust a few,
    Do wrong to none: be able for thine enemy
    Rather in power than use; and keep thy friend
    Under thy own life's key: be check'd for silence,
    But never tax'd for speech.”
    ― William Shakespeare, All's Well That Ends Well
    tags: do-wrong, love, trust, wrong
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    Jane Austen
    “I do not want people to be very agreeable, as it saves me the trouble of liking them a great deal.”
    ― Jane Austen, Jane Austen's Letters
    tags: friends, humor, people
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    William Shakespeare
    “Love looks not with the eyes, but with the mind; And therefore is wing'd Cupid painted blind. Nor hath love's mind of any judgment taste; Wings and no eyes figure unheedy haste: And therefore is love said to be a child, Because in choice he is so oft beguil'd.”
    ― William Shakespeare, A Midsummer Night’s Dream
    tags: love
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    George Eliot
    “It is never too late to be what you might have been.”
    ― George Eliot
    tags: inspirational, misattributed, source-unknown
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  • #15
    If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use
    “If one cannot enjoy reading a book over and over again, there is no use in reading it at all.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: books, reading
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    Ernest Hemingway
    “There is no friend as loyal as a book.”
    ― Ernest Hemingway
    tags: books, friends, novelist-quotes
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    Jane Austen
    “I declare after all there is no enjoyment like reading! How much sooner one tires of any thing than of a book! -- When I have a house of my own, I shall be miserable if I have not an excellent library.”
    ― Jane Austen, Pride and Prejudice
    tags: books, library, reading
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    Alexandre Dumas fils
    “The difference between genius and stupidity is: genius has its limits.”
    ― Alexandre Dumas-fils
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    Aristotle
    “Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: introspection, self-discovery, wisdom
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    Oscar Wilde
    “The truth is rarely pure and never simple.”
    ― Oscar Wilde, The Importance of Being Earnest
    tags: truth
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  • #21
    Emily Dickinson
    “That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.”
    ― Emily Dickinson
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    Sophie Kinsella
    “sometimes you don't need a goal in life, you don't need to know the big picture. you just need to know what you're going to do next!”
    ― Sophie Kinsella, The Undomestic Goddess
    tags: life, love, shopaholic, sophie
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    Gordon B. Hinckley
    “In all of living, have much fun and laughter. Life is to be enjoyed, not just endured.”
    ― Gordon B. Hinckley
    tags: enjoy-life, life, religion
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  • #24
    Anaïs Nin
    “Luxury is not a necessity to me, but beautiful and good things are.”
    ― Anais Nin
    tags: life
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    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    “It is not the length of life, but the depth.”
    ― Ralph Waldo Emerson
    tags: life
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    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: friendship, lack-of-friendship, lack-of-love, love, marriage, unhappy-marriage
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    Jane Austen
    “There is nothing I would not do for those who are really my friends. I have no notion of loving people by halves, it is not my nature.”
    ― Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
    tags: friendship, love
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    Aristotle
    “What is a friend? A single soul dwelling in two bodies.”
    ― Aristotle
    tags: friendship, soul
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  • #29
    Lemony Snicket
    “Fate is like a strange, unpopular restaurant filled with odd little waiters who bring you things you never asked for and don't always like.”
    ― Lemony Snicket
    tags: fate, humor, simile
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  • #30
    James Patterson
    “Basically, I have two speeds.... Hostile or smart-aleck. Your choice.”
    ― James Patterson, Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
    tags: humor
    4495 likes



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