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A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. \n\tWomen love the lie that saves their pride, but never an unflattering truth. \n\tAlthough gold dust is precious, when it gets in your eyes, it obstructs your vision. \n\tAnger is one letter away from danger. \n\tIf you are bent on revenge, dig two graves. \n\tPeople hate as they love, unreasonably. \n\tWe have met the enemy and he is us. \n\tNever attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. \n\tNearly all men can withstand adversity, if you want to test a man's character, give him power. \n\tWe despise all reverences and all objects of reverence which are outside the pale of our list of sacred things. And yet, with strange inconsistency, we are shocked when other people despise and defile the things which are holy to us. \n\tThe greatest minds are capable of the greatest vices as well as of the greatest virtues. \n\tAll envy would be extinguished, if it were universally known that there are none to be envied. \n\tNo passion so effectually robs the mind of all its powers of acting and reasoning as fear. \n\tThe fear of criticism robs man of his initiative, destroys his power of imagination, limits his individuality, takes away his self-reliance, and does him damage in a hundred other ways. \n\tYou take your life in your own hands, and what happens? A terrible thing: no one to blame. \n\tBad habits are like chains that are too light to feel until they are too heavy to carry. \n\tHatred – the anger of the weak. \n\tIn a consumer society there are inevitably two kinds of slaves: the prisoners of addiction and the prisoners of envy. \n\tCertainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they are incensed, or crushed: for prosperity doth best discover vice, but adversity doth best discover virtue. \n\tNature can provide for the needs of people; [she] can't provide for the greed of people. \tIntolerance<\/p>\n \tIt is interesting, that termites don't build things, and the great builders of our nation almost to a man have been Christians, because Christians have the desire to build something. He is motivated by love of man and God, so he builds. The people who have come into [our] institutions [today] are primarily termites. They are into destroying institutions that have been built by Christians, whether it is universities, governments, our own traditions, that we have…. The termites are in charge now, and that is not the way it ought to be, and the time has arrived for a godly fumigation. \n\tFirst, to set fire to their synagogues or schools and to bury and cover with dirt whatever will not burn, so that no man will ever again see a stone or cinder of them. This is to be done in honor of our Lord and of Christendom, so that God might see that we are Christians, and do not condone or knowingly tolerate such public lying, cursing, and blaspheming of his Son and of his Christians. \n\tI don't know that Atheists should be considered as citizens, nor should they be considered patriots. This is one nation under God. \n\tI don't think being a minority makes you a victim of anything except numbers. The only things I can think of that are truly discriminatory are things like the United Negro College Fund, Jet Magazine, Black Entertainment Television, and Miss Black America. Try to have things like the United Caucasian College Fund, Cloud Magazine, White Entertainment Television, or Miss White America; and see what happens. Jesse Jackson will be knocking down your door. I have the right "NOT" to be tolerant of others because they are different, weird, or tick me off. <\/p>\n \tI believe that if you are selling me a milk shake, a pack of cigarettes, a newspaper or a hotel room, you must do it in English! As a matter of fact, if you want to be an American citizen, you should have to speak English! My father and grandfather didn't die in vain so you can leave the countries you were born in to come over and disrespect ours. <\/p>\n \tI think the police should have every right to shoot your sorry self if you threaten them after they tell you to stop. If you can't understand the word "freeze" or "stop" in English, see the above lines. \n\tWrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. \n\tThe greatest of faults, I should say, is to be conscious of none. \n\tJealousy in romance is like salt in food. A little can enhance the savor, but too much can spoil the pleasure and, under certain circumstances, can be life-threatening. \n\tHalf of the harm that is done in this world is due to people who want to feel important. They don't mean to do harm but the harm does not interest them. \n\tEvil is like a shadow – it has no real substance of its own, it is simply a lack of light. You cannot cause a shadow to disappear by trying to fight it, stamp on it, by railing against it, or any other form of emotional or physical resistance. In order to cause a shadow to disappear, you must shine light on it. \t27<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" < A man that studieth revenge keeps his own wounds green, which otherwise would heal and do well. – Francis Bacon Essays essayist, philosopher, and statesman (1561-1626) Women love the lie that saves their pride, but never an unflattering … Continue reading
\n\t – Francis Bacon
\n\t Essays
\n\tessayist, philosopher, and statesman
\n\t(1561-1626) <\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Gertrude Atherton
\n\tThe Conqueror<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Hsi-Tang<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Eleanor Roosevelt<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – old Chinese proverb<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – William Makepeace Thackeray
\n\t novelist
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\n\t – Walt Kelly
\n\tcartoonist
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\n\t – Hanlon's Razor<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Abraham Lincoln<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Mark Twain
\n\tauthor and humorist
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\n\t – Rene Descartes
\n\tphilosopher and mathematician
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\n\t – Samuel Johnson
\n\tlexicographer, essayist, poet, critic
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\n\t – Edmund Burke<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Napoleon Hill<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Erica Jong
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\n\t – Alphonse Daudet
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\n\t – Ivan Illich
\n\t priest
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\n\t – Francis Bacon<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Mohandas K. Gandhi
\n\t(1869-1948)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Pat Robertson
\n\tNew York Magazine
\n\tAugust 18, 1986<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Martin Luther
\n\tOn the Jews and Their Lies
\n\t(1543)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – President George H. W. Bush,
\n\tduring an August 27, 1987 interview by Rob Sherman,
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\n\t – Andy Rooney
\n\tUS TV commentator
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\n\t – Lord Chesterfield
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\n\t – Thomas Carlyle
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\n\t – Maya Angelou
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\n\t – T.S. Eliot, poet
\n\t(1888-1965)<\/strong><\/p>\n
\n\t – Shakti Gawain, teacher and author
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