Theodore Roosevelt, Labor Day speech at Syracuse, NY, Sept 7, 1903 ("Theodore Rex" - Edmund Morris)

The death-knell of the republic had rung as soon as the active power became lodged in the hands of those who sought, not to do justice to all citizens, rich and poor alike, but to stand for one special class and for its interests as opposed to the interests of others.

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Dante Alighieri

A great flame follows a little spark.

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Cato the Censor (?)

Rem tene, verba sequntur (Keep to the subject, and the words will follow)

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Oscar Levant

Strip away the phony tinsel of Hollywood and you find the real tinsel underneath.

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Jules Verne

Whatever one man is capable of conceiving, other men will be able to achieve.

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Jeanette Winterson

What you risk reveals what you value.

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R. Goldberg

The shortest distance between two points is not a very interesting journey.

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Aesop

No act of kindness, no matter how small, is wasted.

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Thornton

My advice to you is not to inquire why or whither, but just enjoy your ice cream while it's on your plate--that's my philosophy.

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William Shakespeare

But to my mind, though I am native here And to the manner born, it is a custom More honoured in the breach than the observance.

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Albert Einstein

Generations to come will scarce believe that such a one as this ever in flesh and blood walked upon this earth. (said of Mahatma Gandhi)

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Laertius Diogenes

He used to say that it was better to have one friend of great value than many friends who were good for nothing.

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