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True friendship is like sound health; the value of it is seldom known until it is lost. Charles Caleb Colton
Friendship Health True Friendship Value Lost Seldom True Like Until Known Sound
To sin by silence, when we should protest, Makes cowards out of men. Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Silence Men Cowards Out Sin Protest Makes Should
Arms discourage and keep the invader and plunderer in awe, and preserve order in the world as well as property... Horrid mischief would ensue were the law-abiding deprived of the use of them. Thomas Paine
Property World Would Law-Abiding Invader Horrid Mischief Well Arms Discourage Were Order Them Deprived Use Keep Awe Preserve
Life is about choices. Some we regret, some were proud of. Some will haunt us forever. 'Black Rain' was very much about choices. The message - we are what we chose to be. Graham Brown
Life Rain Regret Will Black Some About Haunt Message Proud Were Very Forever Us Much Choices Chose
If you can imagine it, you can achieve it. If you can dream it, you can become it. William Arthur Ward
You Achieve Become Imagination Dream Dream It Imagine
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself in any direction you choose. You're on your own, and you know what you know. And you are the guy who'll decide where to go. Dr. Seuss
You Yourself Shoes Own Guy Direction Steer Head Feet Know Go Brains Any Where Decide Your Choose
Three things in human life are important. The first is to be kind. The second is to be kind. And the third is to be kind. Henry James
Life Be Kind Three First Important Kind Human Human Life Things Second Third
It is double pleasure to deceive the deceiver. Niccolo Machiavelli
Pleasure Deceive Deceiver Double
Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you. John Ruskin
You Darkness Light Walk Come While Lest
Education must not simply teach work - it must teach Life. W. E. B. Du Bois
Life Work Education Must Simply Teach
The present time has one advantage over every other - it is our own. Charles Caleb Colton
Time Own Every Other Our Advantage Over Present Present Time
It is inaccurate to say that I hate everything. I am strongly in favor of common sense, common honesty, and common decency. This makes me forever ineligible for public office. H. L. Mencken
Me Honesty Hate Decency Sense Everything Say Favor Strongly Makes Am Forever Office Common Common Sense Inaccurate Public Public Office
Whoever is happy will make others happy too. Anne Frank
Happy Will Too Others Make Whoever
The smallest minority on earth is the individual. Those who deny individual rights cannot claim to be defenders of minorities. Ayn Rand
Rights Minority Earth Those Claim Minorities Individual Individual Rights Smallest Deny Cannot Who Defenders
One of the most tragic things I know about human nature is that all of us tend to put off living. We are all dreaming of some magical rose garden over the horizon instead of enjoying the roses that are blooming outside our windows today. Dale Carnegie
Today Nature Garden Human Nature Rose Living Our Dreaming Horizon Some Windows About Magical Tend Outside Put Instead Over Know Most Off Tragic Blooming Human Us Roses Things Enjoying
The only power any government has is the power to crack down on criminals. Well, when there aren't enough criminals, one makes them. One declares so many things to be a crime that it becomes impossible for men to live without breaking laws. Ayn Rand
Government Impossible Crime Men Power Down Live Enough Criminals Laws Only Well Without Makes Becomes Crack Any Breaking Them Many Things
I hate all politics. I don't like either political party. One should not belong to them - one should be an individual, standing in the middle. Anyone that belongs to a party stops thinking. Ray Bradbury
Politics Hate Political Party Thinking Individual Like Political Party Middle Stops Anyone Either Them Should Standing Belong Belongs
I prefer peace. But if trouble must come, let it come in my time, so that my children can live in peace. Thomas Paine
Time Peace Trouble Live Must My Time Come Children Prefer
It is better to risk saving a guilty man than to condemn an innocent one. Voltaire
Man Legal Better Innocent Saving Guilty Risk Condemn Than
Democracy is the theory that the common people know what they want, and deserve to get it good and hard. H. L. Mencken
Good Democracy People Know Get Common Want Common People Hard Theory Deserve
I never said I wanted a 'happy' life but an interesting one. From separation and loss, I have learned a lot. I have become strong and resilient, as is the case of almost every human being exposed to life and to the world. We don't even know how strong we are until we are forced to bring that hidden strength forward. Isabel Allende
Life Strength Happy Human Being World Strong Become Happy Life Separation Every Hidden Case Never Almost Know Until Forced Learned Said How Loss Lot Human Being Wanted Interesting Forward Exposed Even Bring Resilient
When any government, or any church for that matter, undertakes to say to its subjects, This you may not read, this you must not see, this you are forbidden to know, the end result is tyranny and oppression no matter how holy the motives. Robert A. Heinlein
Government You Oppression Result Matter Tyranny Church Say Must See Know Forbidden Read How Motives Subjects End End Result Any May Holy
In the long run, the sharpest weapon of all is a kind and gentle spirit. Anne Frank
Long Kind Run Weapon Spirit Long Run Sharpest Gentle
When you go in search of honey you must expect to be stung by bees. Joseph Joubert
You Honey Must Go Bees Expect Search
There can be no failure to a man who has not lost his courage, his character, his self respect, or his self-confidence. He is still a King. Orison Swett Marden
Character Failure Self-Respect Man Respect Courage King Lost Self He Self-Confidence Still His Who
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy. Dale Carnegie
Home You Confidence Courage Fear Sit Doubt Action Busy Think Out About Go Get Want Inaction Breeds Conquer
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