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Do you know that the ready concession of minor points is a part of the grace of life?Author: Henry Harland Grace is savage and must be savage in order to be perfect.Author: Charles A. Stoddard Gracefulness has been defined to … Continue reading →

Forget regret, or life is yours to miss.Author: Jonathan Larson I was court-martial in my absence, and sentenced to death in my absence, so I said they could shoot me in my absence.Author: Brendan Francis Behan Sometimes I need what … Continue reading →

Flattery is like cologne water, to be smelt of, not swallowed.Author: Josh Billings To be a man’s own fool is bad enough; but the vain man is everybody’s.Author: Sir William Penn Always let your flattery be seen through for what … Continue reading →

Prejudice is a raft onto which the shipwrecked mind clambers and paddles to safety.Author: Ben Hecht He that is possessed with a prejudice is possessed with a devil, and one of the worst kinds of devils, for it shuts out … Continue reading →

Attitude Good nature is more agreeable in conversation than wit and gives a certain air to the countenance which is more amiable than beauty. Attitude Addison, Joseph 1672-1719 British Essayist Poet Statesman Sometimes I’m so sweet even I can’t stand … Continue reading →

Those who consciousness is unified abandon all attachment to the results of action and attain supreme peace. But those whose desires are fragmented, who are selfishly attached to the results of their work, are bound in everything they do. Attachment … Continue reading →

Atheism Small amounts of philosophy lead to atheism, but larger amounts bring us back to God. Atheism Bacon, Francis 1561-1626 British Philosopher Essayist Statesman Atheism is rather in the lip than in the heart of man. Atheism Bacon, Francis 1561-1626 … Continue reading →

Astronomy is perhaps the science whose discoveries owe least to chance, in which human understanding appears in its whole magnitude, and through which man can best learn how small he is. Astronomy Lichtenberg, Georg C. 1742-1799 German Physicist Satirist Adam … Continue reading →

Faithful horoscope-watching, practiced daily, provides just the sort of small but warm and infinitely reassuring fillip that gets matters off to a spirited start. Astrology Alexander, Shana 1925 American Writer Editor The stars which shone over Babylon and the stable … Continue reading →

Association Show me the person you honor, for I know better by that the kind of person you are. For you show me what your idea of humanity is. Association Carlyle, Thomas 1795-1881 Scottish Philosopher Author Like associates with like. … Continue reading →