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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “You were born with wings, why prefer to crawl through life?”
    ― Rumi
    tags: inspirational
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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “If you are irritated by every rub, how will your mirror be polished?”
    ― Rumi
    tags: inspirational
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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “You've seen my descent, now watch my rising.”
    ― Rumi
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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “The result of my life is no more than three words: I was raw, I became cooked, I was burnt.”
    ― Rumi
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    Oscar Wilde
    “Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.”
    ― Oscar Wilde
    tags: attributed-no-source, be-yourself, gilbert-perreira, honesty, inspirational, misattributed-oscar-wilde, quote-investigator
    177016 likes

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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Benjamin Franklin Wade
    “Go to heaven for the climate and hell for the company.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin Wade
    tags: humor, misattributed-mark-twain, philosophy, theology
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    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    “A room without books is like a body without a soul.”
    ― Marcus Tullius Cicero
    tags: attributed-no-source, books, simile, soul
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    Marcus Aurelius
    “You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength.”
    ― Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
    tags: ataraxy, inner-strength, inspiration, self-control, strength
    5972 likes

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    Mark Twain
    “The fear of death follows from the fear of life. A man who lives fully is prepared to die at any time.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: death, life
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    Douglas Adams
    “He hoped and prayed that there wasn't an afterlife. Then he realized there was a contradiction involved here and merely hoped that there wasn't an afterlife.”
    ― Douglas Adams, Life, the Universe and Everything
    tags: humor, paradox, religion
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    Mahatma Gandhi
    “Be the change that you wish to see in the world.”
    ― Mahatma Gandhi
    tags: action, change, inspirational, misattributed-to-gandhi, philosophy, wish
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    Charles Darwin
    “A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.”
    ― Charles Darwin, The Life & Letters of Charles Darwin
    tags: dare, inspirational, life, science, time, value, waste
    2891 likes

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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
    92174 likes

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    Socrates
    “The unexamined life is not worth living.”
    ― Socrates
    tags: inspiration, truth, wisdom
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    Søren Kierkegaard
    “The function of prayer is not to influence God, but rather to change the nature of the one who prays.”
    ― Soren Kierkegaard
    tags: faith, god, prayer
    4557 likes

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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Suffering is a gift. In it is hidden mercy.”
    ― Rumi
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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Either give me more wine or leave me alone.”
    ― Rumi
    tags: wine
    1082 likes

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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Poetry can be dangerous, especially beautiful poetry, because it gives the illusion of having had the experience without actually going through it.”
    ― Jalâl ad-Dîn Rûmî, The Book of Love: Poems of Ecstasy and Longing
    tags: poetry-quotes
    322 likes

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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “Forget safety. Live where you fear to live.”
    ― Rumi
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    Jalal ad-Din Muhammad ar-Rumi
    “This poetry. I never know what I'm going to say.”
    ― Rumi
    tags: poetry
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    Charles Baudelaire
    “One should always be drunk. That's all that matters...But with what? With wine, with poetry, or with virtue, as you chose. But get drunk.”
    ― Charles Baudelaire, Paris Spleen
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    Benjamin Franklin
    “In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is Freedom, in water there is bacteria.”
    ― Benjamin Franklin
    tags: drinking, humor
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    Brandon Sanderson
    “Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.”
    ― Brandon Sanderson, Warbreaker
    tags: relationships, women
    937 likes

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    Dr. Seuss
    “You know you're in love when you can't fall asleep because reality is finally better than your dreams.”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: attributed-no-source, dreams, love, reality, sleep
    127104 likes

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    Douglas Adams
    “I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”
    ― Douglas Adams, The Salmon of Doubt: Hitchhiking the Galaxy One Last Time
    tags: deadlines, humor, humour, work, writing
    32150 likes

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  • #27
    C.E.M. Joad
    “Creativity is knowing how to hide your sources”
    ― C.E.M. Joad
    tags: creativity, humor, misattributed-to-einstein, paraphrased
    13075 likes

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    Terry Pratchett
    “Give a man a fire and he's warm for a day, but set fire to him and he's warm for the rest of his life.”
    ― Terry Pratchett, Jingo
    tags: humor, proverb
    12934 likes

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    Albert Einstein
    “Never memorize something that you can look up.”
    ― Albert Einstein
    tags: humor, science
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  • #30
    Isaac Asimov
    “Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right.”
    ― Isaac Asimov, Foundation
    tags: humor, inspirational, philosophy, wisdom
    7748 likes



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