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  • #1
    Albert Schweitzer
    “Sometimes our light goes out, but is blown again into instant flame by an encounter with another human being.”
    Albert Schweitzer

  • #2
    Bertrand Russell
    “There are two motives for reading a book; one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.”
    Bertrand Russell

  • #3
    Groucho Marx
    “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

  • #4
    H. Jackson Brown Jr.
    “Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover.”
    H. Jackson Brown Jr., P.S. I Love You

  • #5
    E.B. White
    “It is not often that someone comes along who is a true friend and a good writer.”
    E.B. White, Charlotte’s Web

  • #6
    A.A. Milne
    “Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.
    "Pooh!" he whispered.
    "Yes, Piglet?"
    "Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's paw. "I just wanted to be sure of you.”
    A.A. Milne, The House at Pooh Corner

  • #7
    Mark Twain
    “′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
    Mark Twain

  • #8
    Mahatma Gandhi
    “I object to violence because when it appears to do good, the good is only temporary; the evil it does is permanent.”
    Mahatma Gandhi, The Essential Gandhi: An Anthology of His Writings on His Life, Work, and Ideas

  • #9
    Groucho Marx
    “Well, art is art, isn't it? Still, on the other hand, water is water! And east is east and west is west and if you take cranberries and stew them like applesauce they taste much more like prunes than rhubarb does. Now, uh... now you tell me what you know.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #10
    Groucho Marx
    “I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #11
    Groucho Marx
    “When you're in jail, a good friend will be trying to bail you out. A best friend will be in the cell next to you saying, 'Damn, that was fun'.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #12
    Groucho Marx
    “From the moment I picked up your book until I put it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #13
    Groucho Marx
    “Learn from the mistakes of others. You can never live long enough to make them all yourself.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #14
    Groucho Marx
    “I never forget a face, but in your case I'll be glad to make an exception.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #15
    Groucho Marx
    “Humor is reason gone mad.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #16
    Groucho Marx
    “The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #17
    “Politics is the art of looking for trouble, finding it whether it exists or not, diagnosing it incorrectly, and applying the wrong remedy.”
    Ernest Benn

  • #18
    Groucho Marx
    “I sent the club a wire stating, PLEASE ACCEPT MY RESIGNATION. I DON'T WANT TO BELONG TO ANY CLUB THAT WILL ACCEPT ME AS A MEMBER.”
    Groucho Marx, Groucho and Me

  • #19
    Groucho Marx
    “I've had a perfectly wonderful evening, but this wasn't it.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #20
    Groucho Marx
    “Those are my principles, and if you don't like them...well I have others.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #21
    Groucho Marx
    “One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got in my pajamas I'll never know.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #22
    Groucho Marx
    “I, not events, have the power to make me happy or unhappy today. I can choose which it shall be. Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, today, and I'm going to be happy in it.”
    Groucho Marx, The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

  • #23
    Groucho Marx
    “If you're not having fun, you're doing something wrong.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #24
    Groucho Marx
    “I'm not crazy about reality, but it's still the only place to get a decent meal.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #25
    Groucho Marx
    “He may look like an idiot and talk like an idiot but don't let that fool you. He really is an idiot.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #26
    Groucho Marx
    “Yesterday is dead, tomorrow hasn't arrived yet. I have just one day, and I'm going to be happy in it.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #27
    Groucho Marx
    “Blessed are the cracked, for they shall let in the light.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #28
    Groucho Marx
    “If a black cat crosses your path, it signifies that the animal is going somewhere.”
    Groucho marx

  • #29
    Groucho Marx
    “Some people claim that marriage interferes with romance. There's no doubt about it. Anytime you have a romance, your wife is bound to interfere.”
    Groucho Marx

  • #30
    Groucho Marx
    “While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.”
    Groucho Marx



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