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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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    Mark Twain
    “If you tell the truth, you don't have to remember anything.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: lies, lying, memory, truth
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  • #4
    Elbert Hubbard
    “A friend is someone who knows all about you and still loves you.”
    ― Elbert Hubbard
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  • #5
    André Gide
    “It is better to be hated for what you are than to be loved for what you are not.”
    ― Andre Gide, Autumn Leaves
    tags: life, love
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  • #6
    Eleanor Roosevelt
    “A woman is like a tea bag; you never know how strong it is until it's in hot water.”
    ― Eleanor Roosevelt
    tags: attributed-no-source, misattributed-eleanor-roosevelt
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  • #7
    William Shakespeare
    “The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”
    ― William Shakespeare, As You Like It
    tags: wisdom
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  • #8
    Mark Twain
    “Never put off till tomorrow what may be done day after tomorrow just as well.”
    ― Mark Twain
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  • #9
    Mark Twain
    “The man who does not read has no advantage over the man who cannot read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: aliteracy, attributed-no-source, literacy
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  • #10
    Steve Martin
    “A day without sunshine is like, you know, night.”
    ― Steve Martin
    tags: humor, obvious, simile
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  • #11
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Without music, life would be a mistake.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, Twilight of the Idols
    tags: inspirational, music, philosophy
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  • #12
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: humor, philosophy
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  • #13
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: dance, music
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  • #14
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “You must have chaos within you to give birth to a dancing star.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: art, chaos
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  • #15
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “The true man wants two things: danger and play. For that reason he wants woman, as the most dangerous plaything.”
    ― Freidrich Neitzsche
    tags: philosophy, women
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  • #16
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “Be careful, lest in casting out your demon you exorcise the best thing in you.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
    tags: self-exploration
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  • #17
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “There are no beautiful surfaces without a terrible depth.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche
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  • #18
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    “What, if some day or night a demon were to steal after you into your loneliest loneliness and say to you: 'This life as you now live it and have lived it, you will have to live once more and innumerable times more' ... Would you not throw yourself down and gnash your teeth and curse the demon who spoke thus? Or have you once experienced a tremendous moment when you would have answered him: 'You are a god and never have I heard anything more divine.”
    ― Friedrich Nietzsche, The Gay Science: With a Prelude in Rhymes and an Appendix of Songs
    tags: demons, happiness, judgement, kronofobi, life, reincarnation, sadness
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  • #19
    Dark Jar Tin Zoo
    “If you have the woman you love, what more do you need? Well, besides an alibi for the time of her husband’s murder.
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    ― Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
    tags: alibi, crazy, desire, funny, humor, husband, insane, justification, justify, love, murder, necessity, need, relationships, time, want, wife, woman, women, word-junkies, yearn
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  • #20
    Dark Jar Tin Zoo
    “To find out if she really loved me, I hooked her up to a lie detector. And just as I suspected, my machine was broken.
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    ― Dark Jar Tin Zoo, Love Quotes for the Ages. Specifically Ages 19-91.
    tags: broken, deceit, deception, denial, deny, funny, honest, honesty, humor, illogical, illusion, lie, lie-detector, lies, life, love, machine, relationships, suspicion, women, word-junkies
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  • #21
    Mark Twain
    “A lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: misattributed-mark-twain, truth
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  • #23
    Markus Herz
    “Be careful about reading health books. Some fine day you'll die of a misprint.”
    ― Markus Herz
    tags: books, health, humor, misattributed-mark-twain, misprints
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  • #24
    Mark Twain
    “′Classic′ - a book which people praise and don't read.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: books, classic, reading
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  • #25
    Jarod Kintz
    “I find out a lot about myself by sleeping. Dreams, they are who I am when I’m too tired to be me.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
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    Mark Twain
    “Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: greatness
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  • #27
    Jarod Kintz
    “I’m not waiting until my hair turns white to become patient and wise. Nope, I’m dyeing my hair tonight.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
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  • #28
    Jarod Kintz
    “I think the key indicator for wealth is not good grades, work ethic, or IQ. I believe it's relationships. Ask yourself two questions: How many people do I know, and how much ransom money could I get for each one?”
    ― Jarod Kintz
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  • #29
    Jarod Kintz
    “I can tell if two people are in love by how they hold each other’s hands, and how thick their sanitation gloves are.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
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  • #30
    Jarod Kintz
    “If I told you I’ve worked hard to get where I’m at, I’d be lying, because I have no idea where I am right now.”
    ― Jarod Kintz, This Book is Not for Sale
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  • #31
    Mark Twain
    “The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter. ’tis the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
    ― Mark Twain, The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain: A Book of Quotations
    tags: writing
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  • #32
    Mark Twain
    “I did not attend his funeral, but I sent a nice letter saying I approved of it.”
    ― Mark Twain
    tags: classic-insult, funeral, funny, humor
    7634 likes



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