What Are Your Favorite Quotations?

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Humor is mankind's greatest blessing
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Loreley wrote:It is a very dangerous thing to listen. If one listens one may be convinced; and a man who allows himself to be convinced by an argument is a thoroughly unreasonable person.
... "An Ideal Husband" by Oscar Wilde
so true. but at some point or another most of us can see ourselves trapped in that situation but our senses, human reason and good judgement will tell us what's the truth. This is to exclude selfishness and greed.
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Life's a journey not a destination.
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"Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart." - Kafka on the Shore by Haruki Murakami
"Finally, from so little sleeping and so much reading, his brain dried up and he went completely out of his mind." - Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes.
"You forget what you want to remember, and you remember what you want to forget." - The Road by Cormac McCarthy.
“It sounds plausible enough tonight, but wait until tomorrow. Wait for the common sense of the morning.” - The Time Machine by H.G. Wells.
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CDawson wrote:Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please.
- Mark Twain
The list of Great Quotations is never complete without something said by Mark Twain. His wisdom is priceless! :)
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I like theese quotes:
What we know is a drop; what we don't know is an ocean.
Isaac Newton
There is no cosmetic for beauty like happiness.
Lady Blessington
Nobody can go back and start a new beginning, but anyone can start today and make a new ending.
Maria Robinson
"Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future." - Quotes On Moving On
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