Not he who has little, but he who wishes for more, is poor. --
Seneca
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Thursday, July 31, 2014
Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Tuesday, July 29, 2014
Fortune Quote #724
There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about
things which are beyond the power of our will. -- Epictetus
things which are beyond the power of our will. -- Epictetus
Monday, July 28, 2014
Sunday, July 27, 2014
Fortune Quote #722
One's wealth is defined not in absolute terms, but in proportion to one's
desires. Thus there are two ways to be rich: to have much, or to want
little.
desires. Thus there are two ways to be rich: to have much, or to want
little.
Saturday, July 26, 2014
Fortune Quote #721
Anyone who can't laugh at himself isn't taking life seriously
enough. -- Larry Wall
enough. -- Larry Wall
Friday, July 25, 2014
Fortune Quote #720
Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is vitally important that
you do it. -- Gandhi
you do it. -- Gandhi
Thursday, July 24, 2014
Wednesday, July 23, 2014
Tuesday, July 22, 2014
Monday, July 21, 2014
Fortune Quote #716
Those who will not reason, are bigots, those who cannot, are fools, and
those who dare not, are slaves. -- George Gordon Noel Byron
those who dare not, are slaves. -- George Gordon Noel Byron
Sunday, July 20, 2014
Fortune Quote #715
Men scanning the surface count the wicked happy; they see not the
frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow. -- Tupper
frightful dreams that crowd a bad man's pillow. -- Tupper
Saturday, July 19, 2014
Fortune Quote #714
Nature has perfections, in order to show that she is the image of God; and
defects, to show that she is only his image. -- Pascal
defects, to show that she is only his image. -- Pascal
Friday, July 18, 2014
Thursday, July 17, 2014
Fortune Quote #712
We always deceive ourselves twice about the people we love--first to their
advantage, then to their disadvantage. -- Albert Camus
advantage, then to their disadvantage. -- Albert Camus
Wednesday, July 16, 2014
Fortune Quote #711
I will show you a love potion without drug or herb or any witch's spell;
if you wish to be loved, love. -- Hecato
if you wish to be loved, love. -- Hecato
Tuesday, July 15, 2014
Fortune Quote #710
Woman is a wonderful invention of man, And man is a wonderful invention of
woman. -- Ferlinghetti
woman. -- Ferlinghetti
Monday, July 14, 2014
Fortune Quote #709
I will not make age an issue in this campaign. I am not going to exploit,
for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience. --
Ronald Reagan
for political purposes, my opponent's youth and inexperience. --
Ronald Reagan
Sunday, July 13, 2014
Fortune Quote #708
A hero is no braver than an ordinary man, but he is braver five minutes
longer. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
longer. -- Ralph Waldo Emerson
Saturday, July 12, 2014
Fortune Quote #707
The seeds of repentance are sown in youth by pleasure, but the harvest is
reaped in age by pain. -- Colton
reaped in age by pain. -- Colton
Friday, July 11, 2014
Fortune Quote #706
...only he is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish
things. -- Chekhov
things. -- Chekhov
Thursday, July 10, 2014
Fortune Quote #705
A mind stretched by an idea can never go back to its original
dimensions. -- Holmes
dimensions. -- Holmes
Wednesday, July 9, 2014
Tuesday, July 8, 2014
Monday, July 7, 2014
Sunday, July 6, 2014
Fortune Quote #701
What is inconceivable about the universe, is that it should be at all
conceivable. -- Albert Einstein
conceivable. -- Albert Einstein
Saturday, July 5, 2014
Fortune Quote #700
Every man is his own ancestor, and every man is his own heir. He devises
his own future, and he inherits his own past. -- Frederick Henry
Hedge
his own future, and he inherits his own past. -- Frederick Henry
Hedge
Friday, July 4, 2014
Fortune Quote #699
The honest man takes pains, and then enjoys pleasures; the knave takes
pleasure, and then suffers pain. -- Franklin
pleasure, and then suffers pain. -- Franklin
Thursday, July 3, 2014
Fortune Quote #698
A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. --
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Wednesday, July 2, 2014
Fortune Quote #697
True glory consists in doing what deserves to be written; in writing what
deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier and
better for our living in it. -- Pliny the Elder
deserves to be read; and in so living as to make the world happier and
better for our living in it. -- Pliny the Elder