The distance is nothing; it is only the first step that is difficult. ~Marie de Vichy-Chamrond, Marquise du Deffand, letter to Jean Le Rond d'Alembert, 7 July 1763
America is not just a country but a way. ~Carrie Latet
A retired husband is often a wife's full-time job. ~Ella Harris
Think of your faults the first part of the night when you are awake, and the faults of others the latter part of the night when you are asleep. ~Chinese Proverb
Knowledge is haunted by the ghost of past opinion. ~Author Unknown
Thank God men cannot fly, and lay waste the sky as well as the earth. ~Henry David Thoreau
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God, and saying Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace, good will toward men. ~Luke 2:13-14
Every morning I spend fifteen minutes filling my mind full of God; and so there's no room left for worry thoughts. ~Howard Chandler Christy
The only difference between graffiti and philosophy is the word "fuck." ~Author Unknown
Although there are many trial marriages... there is no such thing as a trial child. ~Gail Sheehy
Skipping is a form of flying. ~Jessi Lane Adams
It would be a service to mankind if the pill were available in slot machines and the cigarette were placed on prescription. ~Malcolm Potts, MD
People don't notice whether it's winter or summer when they're happy. ~Anton Chekhov
Once a woman has forgiven her man, she must not reheat his sins for breakfast. ~Marlene Dietrich
There are only ten minutes in the life of a pear when it is perfect to eat. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson
When a father gives to his son, both laugh; when a son gives to his father, both cry. ~William Shakespeare
God has entrusted me with myself. ~Epictetus
Few of us could bear to have ourselves for neighbors. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Second Neurotic's Notebook, 1966 Few of us have lost our minds, but most of us have long ago lost our bodies. ~Ken Wilbur
Gratitude is an art of painting an adversity into a lovely picture. ~Kak Sri
Ink smears, as thoughts sometimes do. ~Terri Guillemets
The politicians say "we" can't afford a tax cut. Maybe we can't afford the politicians. ~Steve Forbes
What a singular fact for an angel visitant to this earth to carry back in his note-book, that men were forbidden to expose their bodies under the severest penalties! ~Henry David Thoreau
The number of substitutes for fine and clean thinking the world provides positively gnaws at one's vitals. ~Harold J. Laski
In old age we are like a batch of letters that someone has sent. We are no longer in the passing, we have arrived. ~Knut Hamsun
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