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All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are runn

All men should strive to learn before they die, what they are running from, and to, and why. – James Thurber

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The animals that depend on instinct have an inherent knowledge of the laws of economics and of how to apply them Man, with his powers of reason, has reduced economics to the level of a farce which is at once funnier and more tragic than Tobacco Road. – James Thurber

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The past is an old armchair in the attic, the present an ominous ticking sound, and the future is anybodys guess. – James Thurber

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Time destroys the speculation of men, but it confirms nature. – Marcus Tullius Cicero

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It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood. – James Madison

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Some men know that a light touch of the tongue, running from a womans toes to her ears, lingering in the softest way possible in various places in between, given often enough and sincerely enough, would add immeasurably to world peace. – Marianne Williamson

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Make no little plans they have no magic to stir mens blood. – Daniel Burnham

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