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The pine stays green in winter... wisdom in hardship. - Norman Dou

The pine stays green in winter… wisdom in hardship. – Norman Douglas

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Shall I give you my recipe for happiness? I find everything useful and nothing indispensable. I find everything wonderful and nothing miraculous. I reverence the body. I avoid first causes like the plague. – Norman Douglas

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Norman Douglas
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You know, its sort of common wisdom among New York publishers that short story collections dont make money. – Chad Harbach

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There is no pain equal to that which two lovers can inflict on one another. This should be made clear to all who contemplate such a union. The avoidance of this pain is the beginning of wisdom, for it is strong enough to contaminate the rest of our lives. – Cyril Connolly

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Vanity can easily overtake wisdom. It usually overtakes common sense. – Julian Casablancas

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Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom. – Elizabeth Gaskell

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War is something Arafat sends others to do for him. That is, the poor souls who believe in him. This pompous incompetent caused the failure of the Camp David negotiations, Clintons mediation. – Oriana Fallaci

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To truly know someone is to know the silence that stands for the thing they never speak of. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

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More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility. – Robert Gordon Menzies

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Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness. – George Washington

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