Confucius, The Confucian Analects

The man who in view of gain thinks of righteousness; who in the view of danger is prepared to give up his life; and who does not forget an old agreement however far back it extends - such a man may be reckoned a complete man.

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Selwyn Champion

To read a book for the first time is to make the acquaintance of a new friend; to read it a second time is to meet an old one.

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Sophocles

Nobody likes the man who brings bad news.

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Fran Lebowitz

I must take issue with the term 'a mere child,' for it has been my invariable experience that the company of a mere child is infinitely preferable to that of a mere adult.

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Abraham Lincoln

If this is coffee, please bring me some tea; but if this is tea, please bring me some coffee.

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Joe Gores

Old age means realizing you will never own all the dogs you wanted to.

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J. B. S. Haldane

We do not know, in most cases, how far social failure and success are due to heredity, and how far to environment. But environment is the easier of the two to improve.

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Kathy Mohnke

Marriage is like vitamins we supplement each other's minimum daily requirements.

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Publilius Syrus

There are some remedies worse than the disease.

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Samuel Johnson

Integrity without knowledge is weak and useless, and knowledge without integrity is dangerous and dreadful.

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