2010 – Page 226 – Dictionary of Quotes

"Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade" – Arabian Proverb

“Do not cut down the tree that gives you shade” – Arabian Proverb

"When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look within and examine your own self." – Confucius

“When you meet someone better than yourself, turn your thoughts to becoming his equal. When you meet someone not as good as you are, look …

"There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart." – Lao Tzu

“There are many paths to enlightenment. Be sure to take one with a heart.” – Lao Tzu

"I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it." – Voltaire

“I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: “O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous.” And God granted it.” – Voltaire

"Those who are clever, who have a Brain, never understand anything." – Winnie the Pooh

“Those who are clever, who have a Brain, never understand anything.” – Winnie the Pooh

"Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood" – Friedrich Nietzsche

“Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood” – Friedrich Nietzsche

"When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain" – Mark Twain

“When you fish for love, bait with your heart, not your brain” – Mark Twain

"Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either." – Albert Einstein

“Anyone who doesn’t take truth seriously in small matters cannot be trusted in large ones either.” – Albert Einstein

"While seeking revenge, dig two graves – one for yourself." – Doug Horton

“While seeking revenge, dig two graves – one for yourself.” – Doug Horton

"Laughing is not always the proof of a mind at ease." – French Proverb

“Laughing is not always the proof of a mind at ease.” – French Proverb

"A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines" – Benjamin Franklin

“A false friend and a shadow attend only while the sun shines” – Benjamin Franklin

"Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches English Proverb" – English Proverb

“Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches English Proverb” – English Proverb

"A friend is what the heart needs all the time." – Henry Van Dyke

“A friend is what the heart needs all the time.” – Henry Van Dyke

"Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were." – Lawrence Durrell

“Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were.” – Lawrence Durrell

"Friendship is a sheltering tree." – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

“Friendship is a sheltering tree.” – Samuel Taylor Coleridge

"Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences." – John Buchan

“Civilization is a conspiracy. Modern life is the silent compact of comfortable folk to keep up pretences.” – John Buchan

"This may be a blessing for some courses. The attrition of the facilities hopefully will match the attrition of the population. The golfers that played at City Park or Eastover will want to play golf. So they will have to go to other facilities." – Robert Brown

“This may be a blessing for some courses. The attrition of the facilities hopefully will match the attrition of the population. The golfers that played …

"Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep." – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

“Always kiss your children goodnight, even if they’re already asleep.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

"If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results." – Emily Bronte

“If I could I would always work in silence and obscurity, and let my efforts be known by their results.” – Emily Bronte

"The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings." – Henry Ward Beecher

“The unthankful heart discovers no mercies; but the thankful heart will find, in every hour, some heavenly blessings.” – Henry Ward Beecher

"He [Darcy] expressed himself on the occasion as sensibly and as warmly as a man in violent love can be supposed to." – Jane Austen

“He expressed himself on the occasion as sensibly and as warmly as a man in violent love can be supposed to.” – Jane Austen

"I’ve suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone." – Richard Armour

“I’ve suffered from all of the hang-ups known, and none is as bad as the telephone.” – Richard Armour

"In your light I learn how to love.<br/>In your beauty, how to make poems.<br/>You dance inside my chest,<br/>where no one sees you." – Jalal ad-Din Rumi

“In your light I learn how to love.In your beauty, how to make poems.You dance inside my chest,where no one sees you.” – Jalal ad-Din …

"The Copenhagen criteria are rather clear. I don’t think the existence of secret prisons would be compatible with that." – Friso Roscam Abbing

“The Copenhagen criteria are rather clear. I don’t think the existence of secret prisons would be compatible with that.” – Friso Roscam Abbing

"Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes." – Proverb

“Love is blind, but friendship closes its eyes.” – Proverb

"Kind words will unlock an iron door" – Turkish Proverb

“Kind words will unlock an iron door” – Turkish Proverb

"If you don’t quit, and don’t cheat, and don’t run home when trouble arrives, you can only win." – Shelley Long

“If you don’t quit, and don’t cheat, and don’t run home when trouble arrives, you can only win.” – Shelley Long

"Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love’s opposite" – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

“Love does not cause suffering: what causes it is the sense of ownership, which is love’s opposite” – Antoine de Saint-Exupery

"Submission to one wrong brings on another" – Latin Proverb

“Submission to one wrong brings on another” – Latin Proverb

"Delay in justice is injustice" – Walter Savage Landor

“Delay in justice is injustice” – Walter Savage Landor

"In life you need either inspiration or desperation." – Anthony Robbins

“In life you need either inspiration or desperation.” – Anthony Robbins

"I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia." – Woody Allen

“I took a speed-reading course and read War and Peace in twenty minutes. It involves Russia.” – Woody Allen

"If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him." – Voltaire

“If there were no God, it would have been necessary to invent him.” – Voltaire

"Friendship is essentially a partnership." – Aristotle

“Friendship is essentially a partnership.” – Aristotle

"I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: Be careful when a naked person offers you a shirt." – Maya Angelou

“I do not trust people who don’t love themselves and yet tell me, ‘I love you.’ There is an African saying which is: Be careful …

"People who don’t Think probably don’t have Brains; rather, they have grey fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake." – Winnie the Pooh

“People who don’t Think probably don’t have Brains; rather, they have grey fluff that’s blown into their heads by mistake.” – Winnie the Pooh

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