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Quotations
 | To know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived. This is to have succeeded. — Ralph Waldo Emerson, 1803-1884, American philosopher 7 likes |
 | Don't forget, a person's greatest emotional need is to feel appreciated. — H. Jackson Brown, Jr., 1940-2021, American self-help writer 6 likes |
 | Thunder is good, thunder is impressive; but it is lightning that does the work. — Mark Twain, 1835-1910, American writer 5 likes |
 | Every society honors its live conformists and its dead troublemakers. — Mignon McLaughlin, 1913-1983, American magazine editor 4 likes |
 | Applause is the spur of noble minds, the end and aim of weak ones. — Charles Caleb Colton, 1780-1832, English cleric & writer 3 likes |
 | Wise men appreciate all men, for they see the good in each and know how hard it is to make anything good. — Baltasar Gracian, 1601-1658, Spanish writer 1 likes |
 | If you would be accounted great by your contemporaries, be not too much greater than they. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 1 likes |
| The only distinction that democracies reward is a high degree of conformity. — Ambrose Bierce, 1842–1914, American writer 1 likes |
 | Nobody kicks on being interrupted if it's by applause. — Kin Hubbard, 1868-1930, American cartoonist 1 likes |
 | Lying is the strongest acknowledgment of the force of truth. — William Hazlitt , 1778-1830, English essayist & critic 1 likes |
Bible Quotes
 | I am obligated both to Greeks and non-Greeks, both to the wise and the foolish. — Epistles of Paul ‐ Romans 1:14 5 likes |
Quotes in Verse
 | You long for something else, ache for other things: praise from the Demos and the Sophists, that hard-won, that priceless acclaim— the Agora, the Theatre, the Crowns of Laurel. — Constantine Kavafy, 1868-1933, Greek poet ‐ The Satrapy 4 likes |
Funny Quotes
 | It isn’t fair: the caterpillar does all the work, and the butterfly gets all the glory. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 12 likes |
| As soon as someone is identified as an unsung hero, he no longer is. — George Carlin, 1936-2008, American comedian 9 likes |
Ancient Greek
 | We tend to believe that the successful man knows everything well. Οιόμεσθα γαρ τον ευτυχούντα πάντ’ επίστασθαι καλώς. — Euripides, 480-406 BC, Ancient Greek tragedian ‐ Heraclides 3 likes |
Proverbs
 | The food is cooked in a pot and the plate gets the honor. 4 likes |
 | Give credit where credit is due. 3 likes |
