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Quotations
 | Good and evil are so close as to be chained together in the soul. — Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer 14 likes |
 | Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. — Niccolò Machiavelli, 1469-1527, Italian political philosopher (this version was used in “Godfather;” the original starts with “The Prince”.) 13 likes |
 | Goodbyes are only for those who love with their eyes. Because for those who love with heart and soul there is no such thing as separation. — Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet 11 likes |
 | Don't one of you fire until you see the whites of their eyes. — William Prescott, 1726-1795, American colonel 7 likes |
 | When you're average, you're just as close to the bottom as you are the top. — Alfred North Whitehead, 1861-1947, British philosopher & mathematician 6 likes |
 | Many of life's failures are people who did not realize how close they were to success when they gave up. — Thomas Edison, 1847-1934, American inventor 3 likes |
 | It’s hard to see things when you are too close. Take a step back and look. — Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality 1 likes |
 | Since I’ve learned to be silent, everything has come so much closer to me. — Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet 1 likes |
 | What greater thing is there for two human souls than to feel that they are joined… to strengthen each other… to be one with each other in silent unspeakable memories. — George Eliot, 1819-1880, English writer 1 likes |
| He was a poet and hated the approximate. — Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet 1 likes |
 | He who lives in our mind is near though he may actually be far away; but he who is not in our heart is far though he may really be nearby. — Chanakya, 370-280 π.X., Indian teacher & philosopher 1 likes |
 | Really true intimacy is rare and it depends on other things besides sex. — Erica Jong, 1942-, American writer 1 likes |
 | I would catch sight of some flawless man off in the distance, but as soon as he moved closer I immediately saw he wouldn’t do at all. — Sylvia Plath, 1932-1963, American poet & writer 1 likes |
 | Humor is the shortest path from one person to another. — Wolinski, 1934-2015, French cartoonist 1 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | At a formal dinner party, the person nearest death should always be seated closest to the bathroom. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 8 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | He who is close to Zeus is close to thunder. Ο εγγύς Διός, εγγύς κεραυνού. — Aesop, 620-560 BC, Ancient Greek fabulist 11 likes |
Proverbs
 | Your elbow is close, yet you can't bite it. 4 likes |
