William Shakespeare, Romeo, in Romeo and Juliet, act 1, sc. 1.

Love is a smoke made with the fume of sighs, Being purged, a fire sparkling in lovers’ eyes, Being vexed, a sea nourished with lovers’ tears. What is it else? A madness most discreet, A choking gall and a preserving sweet.

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H. L. Mencken

The capacity of human beings to bore one another seems to be vastly greater than that of any other animals.

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F Scott

The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. One should, for example, be able to see that things are hopeless and yet be determined to make them otherwise.

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Clarence Darrow

The man who fights for his fellow-man is a better man than the one who fights for himself.

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Oscar Fischinger

Everything in the world has a spirit which is released by its sound.

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George Will

The phrase domestic cat is an oxymoron.

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Spanish Proverb

Drink nothing without seeing it sign nothing without reading it.

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Philip Crosby, Reflections on Quality

Quality has to be caused, not controlled.

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Unknown

Faith is believeing in something That sometimes doesn't always seem logical.

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Robertson Davies

As A general rule, people marry most hapily with their own kind. The trouble lies in the fact that people usually marry at an age where they do not really know what their own kind is.

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Pearl Sydenstricker Buck

Hunger makes thief of any man.

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Publilius Syrus

Nothing can be done at once hastily and prudently.

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