Quote by Samuel Butler
Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. - Samue

Men are seldom more commonplace than on supreme occasions. – Samuel Butler

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Mr. Tennyson has said that more things are wrought by prayer than this world dreams of, but he wisely refrains from saying whether they are good or bad things. – Samuel Butler

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I am never bored anywhere: being bored is an insult to oneself. – Jules Renard

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The penalty for success is to be bored by people who used to snub you. – Nancy Astor

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Whats wrong with being a boring kind of guy? – George Bush

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A mental disease has swept the planet: banalization presented with the alternative of love or a garbage disposal unit, young people of all countries have chosen the garbage disposal unit. – Ivan Chtcheglov

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For the past two years, President Obama has promised our children the moon, stars, rainbows, unicorns and universal health care for all. But the White House Santas cradle-to-grave entitlement mandates are a spectacularly predictable bust. – Michelle Malkin

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With penetrating insight, the mystics will tell us that when we have a desire for a certain thing, a certain experience, and we fulfill that desire, the happiness we feel is not something given by that thing or experience; it is due to having no craving for a little while. – Eknath Easwaran, The Mantram Handbook

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Two things control mens nature, instinct and experience. – Blaise Pascal

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