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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “Absence diminishes small loves and increases great ones, as the wind blows out the candle and fans the bonfire.”
    ― Francois Duc de la Rochefoucauld, Maxims
    tags: love
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    China Miéville
    “A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.”
    ― China Miéville, King Rat
    tags: challenge, trap
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Patience, n. A minor form of despair, disguised as a virtue”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “No persons are more frequently wrong, than those who will not admit they are wrong.”
    ― François de La Rochefoucauld
    tags: cynical, life, truth
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Corporation, n. An ingenious device for obtaining individual profit without individual responsibility.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: definition
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    François de La Rochefoucauld
    “It is easier to be wise for others than for ourselves.”
    ― Francois De La Rochefoucauld
    tags: wisdom
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Redemption, n. Deliverance of sinners from the penalty of their sin through their murder of the deity against whom they sinned. The doctrine of Redemption is the fundamental mystery of our holy religions, and whoso believeth in it shall not perish, but have everlasting life in which to try to understand it.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: deity, deliverance, doctrine, eternity, holy-religions, humor, murder, mystery, penalty, redemption, sin, sinners, understanding
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    Ambrose Bierce
    “Sweater, n. Garment worn by child when its mother is feeling chilly.”
    ― Ambrose Bierce, The Unabridged Devil's Dictionary
    tags: child, children, clothes, clothing, definition, humor, mothering, mothers, sweaters
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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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    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
    tags: animals, books, dogs, friends, humor
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    Steve Martin
    “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
    ― Steve Martin
    tags: humor, obvious, simile
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    Garrison Keillor
    “Anyone who thinks sitting in church can make you a Christian must also think that sitting in a garage can make you a car.”
    ― Garrison Keillor
    tags: humor, religion
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    Benjamin Franklin Wade
    “Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin Wade
    tags: humor, misattributed-mark-twain, philosophy, theology
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    Rita Mae Brown
    “The statistics on sanity are that one out of every four people is suffering from a mental illness. Look at your 3 best friends. If they're ok, then it's you.”
    ― Rita Mae Brown
    tags: humor, insanity
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    Markus Herz
    “Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
    ― Markus Herz
    tags: books, health, humor, misattributed-mark-twain, misprints
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    Mark Twain
    “Reader, suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But I repeat myself.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: humor, politics
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    Mae West
    “I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.”
    ― Mae West
    tags: humor, temptation
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    Robert Hughes
    “The greater the artist, the greater the doubt.”
    ― Robert Hughes
    tags: writing, writing-advice, writing-life
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    Jennifer O'Neill
    “One of the biggest favors that you can do for yourself is to accept your loved ones for who they are, and not be constantly disappointed because they are not who you think they should be.”
    ― Jennifer O'Neill, Inspirational Quotes
    tags: happiness, happiness-choices, inspirational-attitude, inspirational-quotes
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    Jennifer O'Neill
    “Blaming is so much easier than taking responsibility, because if you take responsibility … then you might be to blame.”
    ― Jennifer O'Neill, The Pursuit of Happiness: 21 Spiritual Rules to Sucess
    tags: happiness, happiness-choices, happiness-life, positive-mindset
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    Jennifer O'Neill
    “You cannot borrow half of who you are from someone else, yet people try to do it all of the time, they just call it a relationship!”
    ― Jennifer O'Neill, The Pursuit of Happiness: 21 Spiritual Rules to Sucess
    tags: happiness-fulfillment-desire, happiness-life, love, relationship-advice, relationships
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    “Come back with your shield, or on it.”
    ― Queen Gorgo
    tags: sparta, warrior-creed
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    William W. Purkey
    “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
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another What! You
    “Friendship ... is born at the moment when one man says to another "What! You too? I thought that no one but myself . . .”
    ― C.S. Lewis, The Four Loves
    tags: friendship
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    Albert Camus
    “Don’t walk in front of me… I may not follow
    Don’t walk behind me… I may not lead
    Walk beside me… just be my friend”
    ― Albert Camus
    tags: attributed-no-source, friends, friendship, misattributed-albert-camus
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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
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
    92236 likes



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