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The only cure for contempt is counter-contempt.
H. L. Mencken
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H. L. Mencken
American
Writer
Born:
Sep 12
,
1880
Died:
Jan 29
,
1956
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,
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Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.
Martin Luther King, Jr.
Love
Forgiveness
Hate
Darkness
Light
Drive
Out
Only
Only Love
Cannot
We're born alone, we live alone, we die alone. Only through our love and friendship can we create the illusion for the moment that we're not alone.
Orson Welles
Love
Friendship
Alone
Illusion
Love And Friendship
Live
Our
Our Love
Born
Only
Through
Die
Create
Moment
Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not sure about the former.
Albert Einstein
Science
Stupidity
Universe
About
Only
Sure
Infinite
Human
Former
Things
Two
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived forwards.
Soren Kierkegaard
Life
Backwards
Must
Only
Understood
Lived
Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it.
Steve Jobs
Inspirational
Life
Work
Love
Great
You
Heart
Looking
Matters
Believe
Satisfied
Settle
Way
Find
Only
Part
Know
Great Work
Truly
Going
To Love
Your
Large
Fill
Large Part
Keep
Found
For beautiful eyes, look for the good in others; for beautiful lips, speak only words of kindness; and for poise, walk with the knowledge that you are never alone.
Audrey Hepburn
Beautiful
Wisdom
Kindness
Alone
Good
Knowledge
You
Eyes
Words
Speak
Walk
Others
Only
Poise
Never
Beautiful Eyes
Look
Lips
Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world; indeed, it's the only thing that ever has.
Margaret Mead
Environmental
Change
World
Doubt
Group
Change The World
Indeed
Thoughtful
Citizens
Only
Small
Small Group
Never
Committed
The Only Thing
Ever
Thing
Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.
Helen Keller
Success
Strength
Character
Soul
Suffering
Experience
Ambition
Trial
Ease
Only
Inspired
Through
Developed
Quiet
Achieved
Cannot
Strengthened
Our Constitution was made only for a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate to the government of any other.
John Adams
Government
Constitution
People
Made
Other
Our
Moral
Religious
Religious People
Only
Any
Inadequate
Wholly
I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge. That myth is more potent than history. That dreams are more powerful than facts. That hope always triumphs over experience. That laughter is the only cure for grief. And I believe that love is stronger than death.
Robert Fulghum
Love
Death
Hope
Dreams
Knowledge
History
Grief
Love Is
Experience
Laughter
Stronger
Myth
Believe
Imagination
Triumphs
More
Only
Potent
Facts
Powerful
Over
Always
Cure
Than
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