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Latin phraseHe who is silent consents.

Qui tacet consentit.

—  Latin phrase

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She Done Him Wrong (1933)You know, it takes two to get one in trouble.

—  from the film She Done Him Wrong (1933)

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Nicolas Gomez DavilaThe difference between organic and mechanical in social matters is a moral one: the “organic” is the result of innumerable humble acts; the “mechanical” is the result of one decisive act of arrogance.

—  Nicolas Gomez Davila, 1913-1994, Colombian writer

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RumiThe message behind the words is the voice of the heart.

—  Rumi, 1207-1273, Persian mystic & poet

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Honoré de BalzacLovers have a way of using this word “nothing” which implies exactly the opposite.

—  Honoré de Balzac, 1799-1850, French writer

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Rainer Maria RilkeEvery happiness is the child of a separation it did not think it could survive.

—  Rainer Maria Rilke, 1875-1926, Czech-German poet

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Lou HoltzNever tell your problems to anyone...20% don't care and the other 80% are glad you have them.

—  Lou Holtz, 1937-, American football coach

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TalleyrandTo succeed in the world, it is much more necessary to possess the penetration to discern who is a fool, than to discover who is a clever man.

—  Talleyrand, 1754-1838, French statesman & diplomat

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Ayn RandMan is the only living species that has the power to act as his own destroyer—and that is the way he has acted through most of his history.

—  Ayn Rand, 1905-1982, American writer & philosopher

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Mignon McLaughlinWe all dream of being the darling of everybody's darling.

—  Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor

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Bob RossI think there’s an artist hidden at the bottom of every single one of us.

—  Bob Ross, 1942-1995, American painter & TV personality

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Robert Louis StevensonTo be idle requires a strong sense of personal identity.

—  Robert Louis Stevenson, 1850-1894, Scottish writer

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Adolf HitlerA highly intelligent man should take a primitive woman. Imagine if on top of everything else, I had a woman who interfered with my work.

—  Adolf Hitler, 1889-1945, German dictator

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Charles Caleb ColtonTo despise our own species is the price we must often pay for knowledge of it.

—  Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer

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Nicolas ChamfortPeople are governed with the head; kindness of heart is little use in chess.

—  Nicolas Chamfort, 1740-1794, French writer

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Elbert HubbardRighteous indignation: Your own wrath as opposed to the shocking bad temper of others.

—  Elbert Hubbard, 1856-1915, American writer

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Phyllis DillerDo not taste food while you’re cooking. You may lose your nerve to serve it.

—  Phyllis Diller, 1917-2012, American comedian

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Ambrose BierceDictionary, n. A malevolent literary device for cramping the growth of a language and making it hard and inelastic.

—  Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer

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Henry MillerI am against revolutions because they always involve a return to the status quo.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

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French proverbDon't put a finger between the tree and the bark.

—  French proverb

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George S. PattonThe supreme measure of a man, is what he would risk his life for.

—  George S. Patton, 1885-1945, American general

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Michael CaineFirst of all, I choose the great roles, and if none of these come, I choose the mediocre ones, and if they don't come, I choose the ones that pay the rent.

—  Michael Caine, 1933-, English actor

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Theodore RooseveltLet us speak courteously, deal fairly, and keep ourselves armed and ready.

—  Theodore Roosevelt, 1858-1919, American President [1901-1909]

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Lyndon JohnsonBooks and ideas are the most effective weapons against intolerance and ignorance.

—  Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969]

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William JamesTo kill time is not murder, it's suicide.

—  William James, 1842-1910, American philosopher

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Henry MillerThe poet speaks adequately only when he speaks somewhat wildly... not with intellect alone, but with intellect inebriated by nectar.

—  Henry Miller, 1891-1980, American writer

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Charles DickensI loved her against reason, against promise, against peace, against hope, against happiness, against all discouragement that could be.

—  Charles Dickens, 1812-1870, British writer

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William BlakeWhat is grand is necessarily obscure to weak men. That which can be made explicit to the idiot is not worth my care.

—  William Blake, 1757-1827, English poet & painter

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Lyndon JohnsonWe can draw lessons from the past, but we cannot live in it.

—  Lyndon Johnson, 1908-1973, American President [1963-1969]

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Robert FrostOne luminary clock against the sky
Proclaimed the time was neither wrong nor right.

—  Robert Frost, 1874-1963, American poet

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Dale CarnegieImproving yourself is a lot more profitable than trying to improve others.

—  Dale Carnegie, 1888-1955, American self-help writer

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Thomas CarlyleMusic is well said to be the speech of angels

—  Thomas Carlyle, 1795-1881, English writer

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Winston ChurchillSome people regard private enterprise as a predatory tiger to be shot. Others look on it as a cow they can milk. Not enough people see it as a healthy horse, pulling a sturdy wagon.

—  Winston Churchill, 1874-1965, British Prime Minister, Nobel 1953

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Marshall McLuhanThe electric light is pure information. It is a medium without a message.

—  Marshall McLuhan, 1911-1980, Canadian academic & media theorist

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Alfred TennysonThe quiet sense of something lost.

—  Alfred Tennyson, 1809-1892, English poet

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Joseph ConradTo have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.

—  Joseph Conrad, 1857-1924, British-Polish writer

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Dr. Thomas FullerThere is a scarcity of friendship, but not of friends.

—  Dr. Thomas Fuller, 1654-1734,  English physician and adage collector

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Mark TwainCivilization is a limitless multiplication of unnecessary necessaries.

—  Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer

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Periander of CorinthTo be praised while you live, to be beatified after you die.

Ζων μεν επαινού, αποθανών δε μακαρίζου.

—  Periander of Corinth, 668-584 BC, tyrant of Corinth

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