Monday, February 18, 2008

Eight great quotes and proverbs

1.Nothing is intrinsically valuable;the value of everything is attributed to it,assigned to it from outside,the thing itself,by people.-John Barth
2.Subdue your appetites,my dears,and you've conquered human nature.-Charles Dickens
3.He lives long that lives well;and time misspent is not lived,but lost.-Thomas Fuller
4.The poor man is not he who is without a cent,but he is without a dream.-Kemp
5.The impossible often has a kind of integrity which the merely improbable lacks.-Douglas Adams
6.A morning-glory at my window satisfies me more than the metaphysics of books.-Walt Whitman
7.Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship,one must sometimes go forward by going back.-John Barth
8.Duty is an icy shadow.It will freeze you.It cannot fill the heart's sanctuary.-Augusta Evans

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