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After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music. Aldous Huxley
Music Silence Inexpressible After Which Expressing Nearest
A loving heart is the truest wisdom. Charles Dickens
Wisdom Heart Truest Loving
Still round the corner there may wait, A new road or a secret gate. J. R. R. Tolkien
Wait Corner Secret Road New Still May Round Gate
To be angry is to revenge the faults of others on ourselves. Alexander Pope
Angry Anger Revenge Others Faults Ourselves
You go through life wondering what is it all about but at the end of the day it's all about family. Rod Stewart
Life Day Family You End Of The Day About Through Go End Wondering
If you prick us do we not bleed? If you tickle us do we not laugh? If you poison us do we not die? And if you wrong us shall we not revenge? William Shakespeare
You Revenge Poison Laugh Shall Wrong Bleed Tickle Die Us
There is no darkness but ignorance. William Shakespeare
Ignorance Darkness
A liar begins with making falsehood appear like truth, and ends with making truth itself appear like falsehood. William Shenstone
Truth Liar Like Making Falsehood Itself Begins Ends Appear
How far that little candle throws its beams! So shines a good deed in a naughty world. William Shakespeare
Good World Naughty Throws How How Far Shines Candle Little Far Deed Good Deed
No one is useless in this world who lightens the burden of it to anyone else. Charles Dickens
World Burden Else No-One Anyone Anyone Else Useless Who
I don't know where I'm going from here, but I promise it won't be boring. David Bowie
Promise Boring Know Going Where Here
When one person makes an accusation, check to be sure he himself is not the guilty one. Sometimes it is those whose case is weak who make the most clamour. Piers Anthony
Sometimes Those Guilty Weak Case He Check Most Make Himself Sure Makes Person Accusation Who Whose
I slept with faith and found a corpse in my arms on awakening; I drank and danced all night with doubt and found her a virgin in the morning. Aleister Crowley
Faith Morning Doubt Slept Danced Drank Corpse All Night Arms Awakening Found Her Night
Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. Aleister Crowley
Nature Natural People Drunk Manners Fighting Morality Facts Instincts Tales Suppress Make Modern Them Ignorant Keep
A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life. Charles Darwin
Life Time Man Value Of Life Value Dares Hour Discovered Who Waste
My dear friend, clear your mind of cant. Samuel Johnson
Mind Clear Dear Dear Friend Friend Cant Your
Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. Francis Bacon
Best Trust Age Old Wine Old Friends Drink Read Friends Authors Wood Burn Old Wine Appears Things Four
It is impossible to live without failing at something, unless you live so cautiously that you might as well not have lived at all, in which case you have failed by default. J. K. Rowling
Failure You Impossible Live Unless Case Something Failed Failing Well Without Which Might Lived Default
No man ever got very high by pulling other people down. The intelligent merchant does not knock his competitors. The sensible worker does not knock those who work with him. Don't knock your friends. Don't knock your enemies. Don't knock yourself. Alfred Lord Tennyson
Work Man Yourself People Enemies Down Other Those High Merchant Knock Him Does Got His Friends Very Intelligent Sensible Worker Your Who Ever Competitors Pulling
It is a well-known fact that those people who must want to rule people are, ipso facto, those least suited to do it... anyone who is capable of getting themselves made President should on no account be allowed to do the job. Douglas Adams
People Job Made President Suited Rule Those Must Fact Facto Allowed Least Account Getting Want Anyone Capable Themselves Should Who
Care and diligence bring luck. Thomas Fuller
Care Luck Diligence Bring
I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of leadership are universal and are often about finding ways of encouraging people to combine their efforts, their talents, their insights, their enthusiasm and their inspiration to work together. Queen Elizabeth II
Success Work Leadership Together People Enthusiasm Single Ways Finding Some Insights About Inspiration Observed Combine Over Talents Know Attributes Years Encouraging Efforts Often Formula Work Together Universal
Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious. Peter Ustinov
Funny Comedy Funny Way Way Simply Being Serious
To truly laugh, you must be able to take your pain, and play with it! Charlie Chaplin
You Pain Laugh Must Able Take Truly Your Play
In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence. Isaac Newton
God Alone Me Other Would Proof Absence Thumb Existence Any Convince
A man's true character comes out when he's drunk. Charlie Chaplin
Character Man Drunk Out He True True Character Relatable
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