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Post by Tamrin on May 28, 2013 6:47:20 GMT 10
The maxims of men reveal their characters
Luc de Clapiers, Marquis de Vauvenargues (Died this day 1747)
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Post by Tamrin on Jun 30, 2013 8:27:21 GMT 10
I prefer sayings over jokes
Robert Ballard (Born this day 1942)
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 3, 2013 13:04:09 GMT 10
It seems pointless to be quoted if one isn't going to be quotable ... it's better to be quotable than honestTom Stoppard, OM, CBE, FRSL(Born this day 1937)
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 12, 2013 11:33:52 GMT 10
Most of us have collections of sayings we live by ... Whenever words fly up at me from the printed page as I read, I intercept them instantly, knowing they are for me. I turn them over carefully in my mind and cling to them hard
Ray Stannard Baker (aka David Grayson) (Died this day 1946)
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Post by Tamrin on Jul 22, 2013 9:37:07 GMT 10
It was cliche, he knew, but he meant it classic
S.E. Hinton (Born this day 1948)
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Post by Tamrin on Aug 25, 2013 9:32:14 GMT 10
Tell me, O wise man, how hast thou come to know so astonishingly much? By never being ashamed to ask of those that knew!
Bro. Johann Gottfried Herder (Born this day 1744)
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Post by Tamrin on Oct 12, 2013 6:41:16 GMT 10
When a thing has been said and well said, have no scruple: take it and copy it
Anatole France (Died this day 1924)
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Post by Tamrin on Nov 29, 2013 8:19:20 GMT 10
One must be a wise reader to quote wisely and well
Amos Bronson Alcott (Born this day 1799)
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Post by Tamrin on Nov 30, 2013 7:18:03 GMT 10
It is a good thing for an uneducated man to read books of quotations. Bartlett's Familiar Quotations is an admirable work, and I studied it intently. The quotations when engraved upon the memory give you good thoughts. They also make you anxious to read the authors and look for more
Bro. Winston Churchill (Born this day 1874)
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Post by Tamrin on Jan 21, 2014 7:36:57 GMT 10
Quotable quotes are coins rubbed smooth by circulation
Louis Menand (Born this day 1952)
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