Inspirational Quotes, Motivational Sayings, and Wise Words for Daily Inspiration

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In the dark colony of night, when I consider man's magnificent capacity for malice, madness, folly, envy, rage, and destructiveness, and I wonder whether we shall not end up as breakfast for newts and polyps, I seem to hear the muffled cries of all the words in all the books with covers closed.

Leo Rosten's Popular Quotes

Extremists think 'communication' means agreeing with them.

- Leo Rosten

Thinking is harder work than hard work.

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I learned that it is the weak who are cruel, and that gentleness is to be expected only from the strong.

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Money can't buy happiness, but neither can poverty.

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O, to be sure, we laugh less and play less and wear uncomfortable disguises like adults, but beneath the costume is the child we always are, whose ne…

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We see things as we are, not as they are.

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When in trouble, mumble.

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If a picture is worth a thousand words, please paint me the Gettysburg Address.

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I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is,…

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