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Wilson Mizner:Life's a tough proposition, and


Life's a tough proposition, and the first hundred years are the hardest.
by Wilson Mizner


Unknown:You miss one hundred percent of the


You miss one hundred percent of the shots you never take!
by Unknown


George Burns:If you live to the age of a


If you live to the age of a hundred, you have it made because very very few people die past the age of a hundred.
by George Burns


Nagarjuna:A hero is born among a hundred, a wise


A hero is born among a hundred, a wise man is found among a thousand, but an accomplished one might not be found even among a hundred thousand men.
by Nagarjuna


Samuel Johnson:What makes all doctrines plain


What makes all doctrines plain and clear? About two hundred pounds a year. And that which was proved true before, prove false again? Two hundred more.
by Samuel Johnson


Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.:The advice of their


The advice of their elders to young men is very apt to be as unreal as a list of the hundred best books.
by Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.


Edgar Watson Howe:For every quarrel a man and


For every quarrel a man and wife have before others, they have a hundred when alone.
by Edgar Watson Howe


Nagarjuna:Although a cloth be washed a hundred


Although a cloth be washed a hundred times, how can it be rendered clean and pure if it be washed in water which is dirty?
by Nagarjuna


William Faulkner:The aim of every artist is to


The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life.
by William Faulkner


Sepher Yezirah:Two stones build two houses,


Two stones build two houses, three stones build six houses, four build twenty-four houses, five build one hundred and twenty houses, six build seven hundred and twenty houses and seven build five thousand and forty houses. From thence further go and reckon what the mouth cannot express and the ear cannot hear.
by Sepher Yezirah


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