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Marcus Terentius Varro
The number of guests at dinner should not be less than the number of the Graces nor exceed that of the Muses, i.e., it should begin with three and stop at nine.
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Kurt Vonnegut, God Bless You, Mr. Rosewater
If you would be unloved and forgotten, be reasonable.
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Epictetus, Serendipity
If you want to improve, be content to be thought foolish and stupid.
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Garth Henrichs
One does not make friends. One recognizes them.
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William Shakespeare
I feel within me a peace above all earthly dignities, a still and quiet conscience.
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Jewish Proverb
Worries go down better with soup than without.
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Groucho Marx
I find television very educating. Every time somebody turns on the set, I go into the other room and read a book.
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Salman Rushdie
Our lives teach us who we are.
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Charles Dickens, A Tale Of Two Cities
It is a far better thing that I do, than I have ever done; it is a far, far better rest that I go to than I have ever known.
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Sarah Vowell, Assassination Vacation (p. 208)
History is one war after another with a bunch of murders and natural disasters in between.
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Confucius
With coarse rice to eat, with water to drink, and my bended arm for a pillow - I have still joy in the midst of these things. Riches and honors acquired by unrighteousness are to me as a floating cloud.
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Thomas Traherne
The soul is made for action, and cannot rest till it be employed. Idleness is its rust. Unless it will up and think and taste and see, all is in vain.
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