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Never say ‘no’ to adventures. Always say ‘yes’, otherwise you’ll lead a very dull life.
—Ian Fleming
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Modesty is to merit, what shade is to figures in a picture; it gives it strength and makes it stand out.
—Jean de La Bruyère
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The actions of human beings are not invariably governed by the laws of pure reason
—Wilkie Collins
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Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.
—Isaac Asimov
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Sobriety is the strength of the soul, for it preserves its reason unclouded by passion.
—Pythagoras
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Men will not always die quietly.
—John Maynard Keynes
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Semper in fide quid senseris, non quid dixeris, cogitandum. In honorable dealing you should consider what you intended, not what you said or thought.
—Marcus Tullius Cicero
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Achieving life is not the equivalent of avoiding death.
—John Galt
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The intoxication with power is worse than drunkenness with liquor and such, for he who is drunk with power does not come to his senses before he falls.
—Mahābhārata
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He who dares not offend cannot be honest.
—Thomas Paine
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More tears are shed over answered prayers than unanswered ones.
—Truman Capote
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Why is it, every time something terrible happens, everyone tells you the worst thing that ever happened to them, as though that makes it easier?
—Erend
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Ein unnütz Leben ist ein früher Tod. A useless life is an early death.
—Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
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People who refuse to rest honorably on their laurels when they reach “retirement” age seem very admirable to me.
—Helen Hayes
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Ambition is the last refuge of the failure.
—Oscar Wilde
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Some folks rail against other folks, because other folks have what some folks would be glad of.
—Henry Fielding
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He is happy, whose circumstances suit his temper; but he is more excellent, who can suit his temper to any circumstances.
—David Hume
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Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.
—Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Weil die Dinge sind, wie sie sind, werden die Dinge nicht so bleiben wie sie sind. Because things are the way they are, things will not stay the way they are.
—Bertolt Brecht
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On parle toujours mal quand on n’a rien à dire. One always speaks badly when one has nothing to say.
—Voltaire
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Old age is the most unexpected of things that can happen to a man.
—Leon Trotsky
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Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.
—Oscar Wilde
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To be broke is not a disgrace, it is only a catastrophe.
—Rex Stout
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There is, however, a limit at which forbearance ceases to be a virtue.
—Edmund Burke