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Perspective

The least unkindness from a friend is of greater smart than the hardest usage from an enemy. – Greek proverb

We resent an injury from a friend more than from an enemy. – Sophocles

The enemy of your enemy is your friend. – Proverb

The ability to reduce everything to simple fundamental laws does not imply the ability to start from those laws and reconstruct the universe. – Philip W. Anderson, “More Is Different,” Science Magazine

I have found that the conclusion, “Nobody cares” is always based on an insufficient sampling. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

It all depends on how we look at things, and not on how things are in themselves. The least of things with a meaning is worth more in life than the greatest of things without it. – Carl Jung

If a man could have half his wishes, he would double his troubles. – Benjamin Franklin

For many men, the acquisition of wealth does not end their troubles, it only changes them. – Seneca

An exhibitionist is nothing without a voyeur. – S.A. Sachs

The same fence that shuts others out shuts you in. – Bill Copeland

The pyramids will not last a moment compared with the daisy. – D.H. Lawrence

What we see depends mainly on what we look for. – John Lubbock

An unattempted woman cannot boast of her chastity. – Michel de Montaigne

The crash of the whole solar and stellar systems could only kill you once. – Thomas Carlyle

When a dog runs at you, whistle for him. – Henry David Thoreau

Conscience gets a lot of credit that belongs to cold feet. – Author Unknown

Sometimes the littlest inquiries produce the biggest results. – Terri Guillemets

The grass may be greener on the other side of the fence, but you still have to mow it. – Author Unknown

And see, no longer blinded by our eyes. – Rupert Brooke

For a nation which has an almost evil reputation for bustle, bustle, bustle, and rush, rush, rush, we spend an enormous amount of time standing around in line in front of windows, just waiting. – Robert Benchley, Benchley — or Else!