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Saturday, May 31, 2014
Fortune Quote #665
It is nothing to die; it is frightful not to live. -- Victor Hugo
Friday, May 30, 2014
Fortune Quote #664
Caution is the eldest child of wisdom. -- Victor Hugo
Thursday, May 29, 2014
Fortune Quote #663
The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns
longer. -- Victor Borge
longer. -- Victor Borge
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Fortune Quote #662
I tell them if they will occupy themselves with the study of mathematics
they will find in it the best remedy against the lusts of the
flesh. -- Thomas Mann
they will find in it the best remedy against the lusts of the
flesh. -- Thomas Mann
Tuesday, May 27, 2014
Fortune Quote #661
Friends may come and go, but enemies accumulate. -- Thomas Jones
Monday, May 26, 2014
Fortune Quote #660
Our greatest happiness does not depend on the condition of life in which
chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good
health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. -- Thomas
Jefferson
chance has placed us, but is always the result of a good conscience, good
health, occupation, and freedom in all just pursuits. -- Thomas
Jefferson
Sunday, May 25, 2014
Fortune Quote #659
History has informed us that bodies of men are susceptible to the spirit
of tyranny. -- Thomas Jefferson
of tyranny. -- Thomas Jefferson
Saturday, May 24, 2014
Fortune Quote #658
All fame is dangerous: Good, bringeth Envy; Bad, Shame. -- Thomas
Fuller
Fuller
Friday, May 23, 2014
Fortune Quote #657
There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of
thinking. -- Thomas Edison
thinking. -- Thomas Edison
Thursday, May 22, 2014
Fortune Quote #656
Why do writers write? Because it isn't there. -- Thomas Berger
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Fortune Quote #655
We do not know one millionth of one percent about anything. --
Thomas A. Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Tuesday, May 20, 2014
Fortune Quote #654
The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does
anything. -- Theodore Roosevelt
anything. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Monday, May 19, 2014
Fortune Quote #653
Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even
though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who
neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight
that knows not victory nor defeat. -- Theodore Roosevelt
though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who
neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight
that knows not victory nor defeat. -- Theodore Roosevelt
Sunday, May 18, 2014
Fortune Quote #652
Examine the contents, not the bottle. -- The Talmud
Saturday, May 17, 2014
Fortune Quote #651
If I only had a little humility, I would be perfect. -- Ted Turner
Friday, May 16, 2014
Fortune Quote #650
It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do a
little. Do what you can. -- Sydney Smith
little. Do what you can. -- Sydney Smith
Thursday, May 15, 2014
Fortune Quote #649
Millions long for immortality who do not know what to do with themselves
on a rainy Sunday afternoon. -- Susan Ertz
on a rainy Sunday afternoon. -- Susan Ertz
Wednesday, May 14, 2014
Fortune Quote #648
Surgeon General's Warning: "Beware of science. Science is known to the
state of California to cause cancer in laboratory animals."
state of California to cause cancer in laboratory animals."
Tuesday, May 13, 2014
Fortune Quote #647
To win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of
skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
-- Sun Tzu
skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.
-- Sun Tzu
Monday, May 12, 2014
Fortune Quote #646
Pain and pleasure, like light and darkness, succeed each other. --
Sterne
Sterne
Sunday, May 11, 2014
Fortune Quote #645
I am a great believer in luck and I find the harder I work the more I have
of it. -- Stephen Leacock
of it. -- Stephen Leacock
Saturday, May 10, 2014
Fortune Quote #644
No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible. -- Stanislaw
Lec
Lec
Friday, May 9, 2014
Fortune Quote #643
An equation for me has no meaning unless it expresses a thought of
God. -- Srinavasa Ramanujan
God. -- Srinavasa Ramanujan
Thursday, May 8, 2014
Fortune Quote #642
Whoever gossips to you will gossip about you. -- Spanish Proverb
Wednesday, May 7, 2014
Fortune Quote #641
Life can only be understood backwards; but it must be lived
forwards. -- Soren Kierkegaard
forwards. -- Soren Kierkegaard
Tuesday, May 6, 2014
Fortune Quote #640
The tyrant dies and his rule ends; the martyr dies and his rule
begins. -- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
begins. -- Soren Aabye Kierkegaard
Monday, May 5, 2014
Fortune Quote #639
It is a funny thing about life; if you refuse to accept anything but the
best you very often get it. -- Somerset Maugham
best you very often get it. -- Somerset Maugham
Sunday, May 4, 2014
Fortune Quote #638
Life is a pilgrimage. The wise man does not rest by the roadside inns. He
marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate
destination. -- Sivananda
marches direct to the illimitable domain of eternal bliss, his ultimate
destination. -- Sivananda
Saturday, May 3, 2014
Fortune Quote #637
Just as rain exists in the clouds, butter in milk, fragrance in flowers,
so also God is hidden in all these names and forms. -- Sivananda
so also God is hidden in all these names and forms. -- Sivananda
Friday, May 2, 2014
Fortune Quote #636
Do not, for one repulse, forego the purpose that you resolved to
effect. -- Shakespeare
effect. -- Shakespeare
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Fortune Quote #635
No man is free who is a slave to the flesh. -- Seneca
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