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Wednesday, March 14, 2007
"Of all human weaknesses, obsession is the most dangerous
and the silliest"
- Mighty Aphrodite
and the silliest"
- Mighty Aphrodite
Tuesday, March 06, 2007
There are people who put their dreams in a little box and say, "Yes, I've got dreams, of course I've got dreams." Then they put the box away and bring it out once in awhile to look in it, and yep, they're still there.
- Erma Bombeck
- Erma Bombeck
marriage
To keep your marriage brimming,
With love in the loving cup,
Whenever you're wrong, admit it;
Whenever you're right, shut up.
- Ogden Nash, 1902 - 1971
spirit
"Anybody can rise to a crisis and face a crushing tragedy with courage, but to meet the petty hazards of the day with a laugh--I really think that requires SPIRIT.
It's the kind of character that I am going to develop. I am going to pretend that all life is just a game which I must play as skilfully and fairly as I can. If I lose, I am going to shrug my shoulders and laugh--also if I win."
- Jean Webster, Daddy Long Legs
proverbs
- Arabic proverb
The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor man perfected without trials.
- Chinese proverb
Act in the valley so that you need not fear those who stand on the hill.
- Danish proverb
He who is outside the door has already a good part of the journey behind him.
- Dutch proverb
A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know
they shall never sit in.
- Greek proverb
Teeth placed before the tongue give good advice.
- Italian proverb
Vision without action is a daydream. Action without vision is a nightmare.
- Japanese proverb
Fish, to taste good, must swim three times: in water, in butter, and in wine.
- Polish proverb
Speak the truth, but leave immediately after.
- Slovenian proverb
A man is not honest simply because he never had a chance to steal.
- Yiddish proverb
When the heart grieves over what it has lost, the spirit rejoices over
what it has left.
- Sufi proverb
Lower your voice and strengthen your argument.
- Lebanese proverb
"There are always a million reasons not to do something"
- The Office
- The Office
"There are many who dare not kill themselves for fear of what the neighbors will say."
- Cyril Connolly
- Cyril Connolly
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