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Chinese Proverb:Never discuss public business


Never discuss public business while drinking.
by Chinese Proverb


Horace:It's a good thing to be foolishly gay


It's a good thing to be foolishly gay once in a while.
by Horace


Alfred Tennyson:Dreams are true while they last,


Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
by Alfred Tennyson


Chinese Proverb:Happiness is like a sunbeam,


Happiness is like a sunbeam, which the least shadow intercepts, while adversity is often as the rain of spring.
by Chinese Proverb


Mason Cooley:Our most important decisions are


Our most important decisions are made while we are thinking about something else.
by Mason Cooley


Oliver Goldsmith:Aromatic plants bestow no spicy


Aromatic plants bestow no spicy fragrance while they grow; but crush'd or trodden to the ground, diffuse their balmy sweets around.
by Oliver Goldsmith


I John:Walk while ye have the light, lest


Walk while ye have the light, lest darkness come upon you.
by I John


H.L. Mencken:It is evident that skepticism,


It is evident that skepticism, while it makes no actual change in man, always makes him feel better.
by H.L. Mencken


Scottish Proverb:Be happy while you're living,


Be happy while you're living, for you're a long time dead.
by Scottish Proverb


Samuel Johnson:When people find a man of the


When people find a man of the most distinguished abilities as a writer their inferior while he is with them, it must behighly gratifying to them.
by Samuel Johnson


Don Marquis:It is better to be happy for a momen


It is better to be happy for a momen tand be burned up with beauty than to live a long time and be bored all the while.
by Don Marquis


Titus Maccius Plautus:He whom the gods love dies


He whom the gods love dies young, while he is in health, has his senses and his judgments sound.
by Titus Maccius Plautus


Alexander Pope:But honest instinct comes a


But honest instinct comes a volunteer; Sure never to o'er-shoot, but just to hit, While still too wide or short in human wit.
by Alexander Pope


Thomas Carlyle:Alas! while the body stands so


Alas! while the body stands so broad and brawny, must the soul lie blinded, dwarfed, stupefied, almost annihilated? Alas! this was, too, a breath of God, bestowed in heaven, but on earth never to be unfolded!
by Thomas Carlyle


Tyron Edwards:If rich men would remember that


If rich men would remember that shrouds have no pockets, they would, while living, share their wealth with their children, and give for the good of others, and so know the highest pleasure wealth can give.
by Tyron Edwards


George Eliot:It seems to me we can never give up


It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
by George Eliot


George Eliot:It seems to me we can never give up


It seems to me we can never give up longing and wishing while we are thoroughly alive. There are certain things we feel to be beautiful and good, and we must hunger after them.
by George Eliot


Johann Von Goethe:It is easier to perceive error


It is easier to perceive error than to find truth, for the former lies on the surface and is easily seen, while the latter lies in the depth, where few are willing to search for it.
by Johann Von Goethe


Andrew Hamilton:Power may justly be compared to


Power may justly be compared to a great river; while kept within its bounds it is both beautiful and useful, but when it overflows its banks, it is then too impetuous to be stemmed; it bears down all before it, and brings destruction and desolation wherever it comes.
by Andrew Hamilton


Akhenaton:Labour not after riches first, and


Labour not after riches first, and think thou afterwards wilt enjoy them. He who neglecteth the present moment, throweth away all that he hath. As the arrow passeth through the heart, while the warrior knew not that it was coming; so shall his life be taken away before he knoweth that he hath it.
by Akhenaton


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