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The wildest colts make the best horses. -Plutarch

Excellence is doing ordinary things extraordinarily well. -Gardner, John W.

"Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself." – Alexander Graham Bell

“Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look …

Moral indignation in most cases is, 2% moral, 48% indignation, and 50% envy. -Sica, Vittorio De

Banality is a symptom of non-communication. Men hide behind their clich?s. -Ionesco, Eugene

Sinclair, Upton

It is difficult to get a man to understand something when his salary depends upon his not understanding it. Sinclair, Upton quotes

Mann, Golo

Man is always more than he can know of himself; consequently, his accomplishments, time and again, will come as a surprise to him. Mann, Golo …

Had we not faults of our own, we should take less pleasure in complaining of others. -FeNelon, Francois

‘Tis safest in matrimony to begin with a little aversion. -Sheridan, Richard Brinsley

"It will be necessary for us Indians Muslims, Christians Jews, Parsis, and 7 all others to whom India is their home-to recognize a common flag to live and to die for." – Unknown

“It will be necessary for us Indians Muslims, Christians Jews, Parsis, and 7 all others to whom India is their home-to recognize a common flag …

When words are scarce they are seldom spent in vain -Shakespeare, William

I want to use television not only to entertain, but to help people lead better lives. -Winfrey, Oprah

Adversity is, to me at least, a tonic and a bracer. -Scott, Sir Walter

Art is too serious to be taken seriously. -Reinhardt, Ad

Sura, Koran

He who forgiveth, and is reconciled unto his enemy, shall receive his reward from God; for he loveth not the unjust doers. Sura, Koran quotes

Fat is a social disease, and fat is a feminist issue. -Orbach, Susie

We cannot well do without our sins; they are the highway of our virtue. -Thoreau, Henry David

All change is not growth; all movement is not forward. -Glasgow, Ellen

Knowing where you’re going is all you need to get there. -Frieseke, Frederick (Carl)

Life is something you do when you can’t get to sleep. -Lebowitz, Fran

Employ thy time well, if thou meanest to gain leisure. -Franklin, Benjamin

Opinions that are well rooted should grow and change like a healthy tree. -Batcheller, Irving

Ivan Illich

“We must rediscover the distinction between hope and expectation.” Ivan Illich quotes

Happiness is the longing for repetition. -Kundera, Milan

I do not pray for a lighter load, but for a stronger back. -Brooks, Phillips

Cherish all your happy moments; they make a fine cushion for old age. -Tarkington, Booth

"I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peacetime and in wartime. Indeed, if I may say so, if things go wrong under the new Constitution, the reason will not be that we had a bad Constitution. What we will have to say is that Man was vile." – B. R. Ambedkar

“I feel that the constitution is workable, it is flexible and it is strong enough to hold the country together both in peacetime and in …

"Let new India arise out of peasants cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper." – Swami Vivekananda

“Let new India arise out of peasants cottage, grasping the plough, out of huts, cobbler and sweeper.” – Swami Vivekananda

To write is a humiliation. -Dahlberg, Edward

No blame should attach to telling the truth. But it does, it does. -Brookner, Anita

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