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The first and greatest victory is to conquer yourself; to be conquered by yourself is of all things most shameful and vile.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 9:07 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Bodily exercise, when compulsory, does no harm to the body; but knowledge which is acquired under compulsion obtains no hold on the mind.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 9:06 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a battle.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 9:05 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
You can discover more about a person in an hour of play than in a year of conversation,
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 9:04 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something.
Speaker: PlatoPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 9:01 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.
Speaker: Thomas PainePosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 9:00 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Love will enter cloaked in friendship’s name.
Speaker: OvidPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:59 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
If you would marry suitably, marry your equal.
Speaker: OvidPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:59 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Dignity and love do not blend well, nor do they continue long together.
Speaker: OvidPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:59 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
There is always some madness in love. But there is always some reason in madness.
Speaker: Friedrich NietzschePosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:58 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The surest way to corrupt a youth is to instruct him to hold in higher esteem those who think alike than those who think differently.
Speaker: Friedrich NietzschePosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:57 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.
Speaker: NapoleonPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:56 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Outside of a dog, a book is man’s best friend. Inside of a dog it’s too dark to read.
Speaker: Groucho MarxPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:54 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I’ve had a perfectly wonderful evening. But this wasn’t it.
Speaker: Groucho MarxPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:53 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I never forget a face, but in your case I’ll be glad to make an exception.
Speaker: Groucho MarxPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:52 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
I find television very educating. Every time someone turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
Speaker: Groucho MarxPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:52 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
He drew a circle that shut me out – Heretic, rebel, a thing to flout.
But love and I had the will to win:
We drew a circle that took him in!Speaker: Edwin MarkhamPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:50 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
The tree that never had to fight
For sun and sky and air and light,
But stood out in the open plain
And always got its share of rain,
Never became a forest king
But lived and died a scrubby thing…
Good timber does not grow with ease,
The stronger wind, the stronger trees.Speaker: Douglas MallochPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:49 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment! -
Just remember, when you put yourself on a pedestal and elevate yourself above the rest of the world, the size of your funeral will still depend a lot on the weather.
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Quarrel not at all. No man resolved to make the most of himself can spare time for personal contention.
Speaker: Abraham LincolnPosted: 19 Mar 2009 at 8:37 PMComments: None... Be the first to comment!