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When you were born, you cried and the world rejoiced. Live your life so that when you die, the world cries and you rejoice.
Unknown, (Indian proverb), in Life and Death and Vice and Virtue
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When you've seen one nuclear war, you've seen them all.
Unknown, in War and Peace
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While anyone can admit to themselves they were wrong, the true test is admission to someone else.
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While having never invented a sin, I'm trying to perfect several.
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While money can't buy happiness, it certainly lets you choose your own form of misery.
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Why bother building any more nuclear warheads until we've used the ones we have?
Unknown, in War and Peace
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Wise men make proverbs; fools repeat them.
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Women first want to find out what is in your wallet, and second what is in your pants.
Unknown, in Men and Women
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Wonder is the beginning of wisdom.
Unknown, (Greek proverb), in Wisdom and Ignorance
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Work is accomplished by those employees who have not reached their level of incompetence.
Unknown, (probably a misquote of Peter's Principle), in Work and Recreation
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You are not what you think you are, you are not what they think you are, but you could be what you think they think you are.
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You can tell a lot about a person by looking at what kind of people are his friends and children.
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You can't carve your way to success without cutting remarks.
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You cannot achieve the impossible without attempting the absurd.
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You cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore.
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You cannot produce a baby in one month by impregnating nine women.
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You draw nothing out of the bank of life except what you deposit in it.
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You may only have two of the three choices: (1) Enjoy your job. (2)Work within the law. (3)Make lots of money.
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You should emulate your heroes, but don't carry it too far. Especially if they are dead.
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You're a genius if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning is electricity — but you're an idiot if you fly a kite during a thunderstorm, and discover that lightning can kill you.
Unknown, (from Mad Magazine), in Success and Failure
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