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Who lives content with little possesses everything.


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A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon.

A burlesque word is often a powerful sermon.



Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr., Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisement.]

Whatever we conceive well we express clearly, and words flow with ease. [Fr., Ce que l'on concoit bien s'enonce clairement, Et les mots pour le dire arrivent aisement.]



Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.

Of all the animals which fly in the air, walk on the land, or swim in the sea, from Paris to Peru, from Japan to Rome, the most foolish animal in my opinion is man.



However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.

However big the fool, there is always a bigger fool to admire him.



Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage, Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage.]

Hasten slowly, and without losing heart, put your work twenty times upon the anvil. [Fr., Hatez-vous lentement; et, sans perdre courage, Vingt fois sur le metier remettez votre ouvrage.]



Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.

Whate'er is well conceived is clearly said, And the words to say it flow with ease.



In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.

In spite of every sage whom Greece can show, Unerring wisdom never dwelt below; Folly in all of every age we see, The only difference lies in the degree.



Often the fear on one evil leads us into a worse.

Often the fear on one evil leads us into a worse.



Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.

Whatever we well understand we express clearly, and words flow with ease.



The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.

The wisest man is generally he who thinks himself the least so.





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The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.

The only difference between a caprice and a lifelong passion is that the caprice lasts a little longer.



Negative brands are the main reasons why your dreams become too hard to change shape. Negative brand can cake your dreams to take undesirable shape without permitting for remedy to be made.

Negative brands are the main reasons why your dreams become too hard to change shape. Negative brand can cake your dreams to take undesirable shape without permitting for remedy to be made.



Kindness is not entered onto the great ledger of civilisation.

Kindness is not entered onto the great ledger of civilisation.



Megadeth is a legend, and I'm not gonna cheapen it like some of these bands that keep going long after they should.

Megadeth is a legend, and I'm not gonna cheapen it like some of these bands that keep going long after they should.



He'd score more goals if he was a better finisher.

He'd score more goals if he was a better finisher.



To live one's love and hatred, to live that which one is means defeat, resignation, and death. The crimes of society, the hell that man has made or man become unconquerable cosmic forces.

To live one's love and hatred, to live that which one is means defeat, resignation, and death. The crimes of society, the hell that man has made or man become unconquerable cosmic forces.



We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.

We think too small, like the frog at the bottom of the well. He thinks the sky is only as big as the top of the well. If he surfaced, he would have an entirely different view.



We don't need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon.

We don't need a head of state who guts our defenses and draws phony red lines with a pink crayon.



Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.

Writers in a profit making economy are an exploitable commodity whose works are products to be marketed, and are so judged and handled.



Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.

Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits.




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