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No one should be ashamed to admit he is wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday. Alexander Pope
Today Saying Words Yesterday Other Admit No-One He Wrong Wiser Than In Other Words Which Ashamed Should
All we are saying is give peace a chance. John Lennon
Saying Peace Give Chance
Addiction is a hugely complex and destructive disease, and its impact can be simply devastating. All too often, lives and families can be shattered by it. Kate Middleton
Too Addiction Complex Destructive Impact Devastating Simply Shattered Families Hugely Disease Often Lives
Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor. Stephen Hawking
Survival Sense Of Humor Mind Humor Sense Active Has-Been Vital Maintaining Been Keeping
When you look at me, when you think of me, I am in paradise. William Makepeace Thackeray
Me You Paradise Think Look Am
To be, or not to be, that is the question. William Shakespeare
Question To Be Or Not To Be
Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course. William Shakespeare
Adversity Me Wise Men Say Embrace Wise Men Wisest Course Sour Thee
The best advice I ever got was that knowledge is power and to keep reading. David Bailey
Best Knowledge Knowledge Is Power Power Advice Reading Got Keep Ever
The best portion of a good man's life is his little, nameless, unremembered acts of kindness and of love. William Wordsworth
Life Love Kindness Best Good Man His Little Acts Portion
No work or love will flourish out of guilt, fear, or hollowness of heart, just as no valid plans for the future can be made by those who have no capacity for living now. Alan Watts
Work Love Future Heart Fear Will Guilt Made Living Valid Those Out No Work Just Capacity Plans Who Now Flourish
Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery. Charles Caleb Colton
Imitation Sincerest Sincerest Form Form Flattery
Everything you do in a patient's room, after he is 'put up' for the night, increases tenfold the risk of his having a bad night. But, if you rouse him up after he has fallen asleep, you do not risk - you secure him a bad night. Florence Nightingale
You Patient Increases Everything Secure Bad Risk Having Tenfold He Put Him Fallen His Up After Room Asleep Rouse Night
When you're happy you don't always have to be laughing, and when you're sad you don't have to be crying; sometimes it's the opposite. You laugh when you're the most upset. Freddie Highmore
Sad You Happy Sometimes Laugh Laughing Most Crying Always Opposite Upset
When you're drowning, you don't say 'I would be incredibly pleased if someone would have the foresight to notice me drowning and come and help me,' you just scream. John Lennon
Me You Incredibly Pleased Say Would Would-Be Someone Drowning Come Foresight Just Scream Notice Help
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law. Thomas Hobbes
Wisdom Legal Law Makes Authority
I must create a system or be enslaved by another mans; I will not reason and compare: my business is to create. William Blake
Business Will Enslaved System Must Another Create Mans Reason Compare
Patience and Diligence, like faith, remove mountains. William Penn
Faith Patience Remove Mountains Diligence Like
But the attitude of faith is to let go, and become open to truth, whatever it might turn out to be. Alan Watts
Attitude Truth Faith Become Whatever Out Open Go Might Turn Let Go
Trying to define yourself is like trying to bite your own teeth. Alan Watts
Yourself Own Teeth Define Bite Like Trying Your
Happy, happy Christmas, that can win us back to the delusions of our childhood days, recall to the old man the pleasures of his youth, and transport the traveler back to his own fireside and quiet home! Charles Dickens
Christmas Home Man Happy Youth Win Old Own Back Our Pleasures Delusions Days His Quiet Childhood Old Man Us Transport Traveler Recall
The fairest thing in nature, a flower, still has its roots in earth and manure. D. H. Lawrence
Nature Flower Earth Fairest Still Roots Manure Thing
It takes a great deal of bravery to stand up to our enemies, but just as much to stand up to our friends. J. K. Rowling
Great Courage Enemies Great Deal Our Takes Deal Up Friends Bravery Just Just As Much Much Stand Stand Up
The Bible is one of the greatest blessings bestowed by God on the children of men. It has God for its author; salvation for its end, and truth without any mixture for its matter. It is all pure. John Locke
Truth God Bible Matter Pure Men Bestowed Blessings Without Greatest Mixture End Author Salvation Any Children
Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives. John Stuart Mill
Politics People Stupid Conservatives Most Stupid People Necessarily
We are born crying, live complaining, and die disappointed. Thomas Fuller
Complaining Live Born Disappointed Crying Die
The only vice that cannot be forgiven is hypocrisy. The repentance of a hypocrite is itself hypocrisy. William Hazlitt
Hypocrite Hypocrisy Repentance Only Itself Forgiven Vice Cannot
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