Confucius

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“Even a fish can escape being caught, if it keeps its mouth shut.” — Confucius

“He who binds to himself a joy does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies lives in eternity’s sun rise.” — William Blake

“A book is a heart that beats in the chest of another.” — Rebecca Solnit

“The New York Times is read by the people who run the country; the Washington Post is read by the people who think they run the country; the National Enquirer is read by the people who think Elvis is alive and running the country.” — Robert J. Woodhead

 

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“I live in a very small house, but my windows look out on a very large world.” — Confucius

“Even if you are sure you can win, be careful that you can live with what you lose.” — Gary Keller

“Perhaps the truth depends on a walk around the lake.” — Wallace Stevens

“Politics is not bean bags. It’s serious, tough stuff.” — Colin Powell

 

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“Virtue is not left to stand alone. He who practices it will have neighbors.” — Confucius

“Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.” — Saskya Pandita

“There are exactly as many special occasions in life as we choose to celebrate.” — Robert Brault

“If some people got their rights they would complain of being deprived of their wrongs.” — Oliver Herford

 

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“Your flaws are perfect for the heart that is meant to love you.” — Unknown

“The superior man…does not set his mind either for anything, or against anything what is right he will follow.” — Confucius

“Pay close attention to people who don’t clap when you win.” — Leonardo Dicaprio, The Wolf Of Wallstreet

“The first time I see a jogger smiling, I’ll consider it.” — Joan Rivers

 

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“At the feast of ego, everyone leaves hungry.” — Confucius

“Life isn’t always the way it’s suppose to be, it’s the way it is.” — Tom Zegan

“The U. S. Constitution doesn’t guarantee happiness, only the pursuit of it. You have to catch up with it yourself.” — Benjamin Franklin

“What my mother believed about cooking is that if you worked hard and prospered, someone else would do it for you.” — Nora Ephron

 

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Jeff

“The young know the rules, the old know the exceptions.” — Confucius

“Encouragement is oxygen for the soul. It takes very little effort to give it, but the return in others is huge.” — John C. Maxwell

“Maturation is when you realize how many things don’t require your comment.” — Rachel Wolchin

“To be an ideal guest, stay at home.” — Edgar Watson Howe

 

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“It’s in the space between our words where we meet.” — Carolynne Melnyk

“By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.” — Confucius

“We can’t stop troubles from coming towards us but we can make sure we do not offer them chairs to sit on.” — Unknown

“I know of no more disagreeable sensation than to be left feeling generally angry without anybody in particular to be angry at.” — Frank Moore Colby

 

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“When anger rises, think of the consequences.” — Confucius

“A politician thinks of the next election a statesman of the next generation.” — James Clarke

“Selfishness is not living as one wishes to live, it is asking others to live as one wishes to live.” — Oscar Wilde

“Democracy is like a tambourine – not everyone can be trusted with it.” — John Oliver

 

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“I have been bent and broken, but I hope into a better shape.” — Charles Dickens

“When we see men of a contrary character, we should turn inwards and examine ourselves.” — Confucius

“There are two ways to be fooled. One is to believe what isn’t true; the other is to refuse to believe what is true.” — Soren Kierkegaard

“There is nobody so irritating as somebody with less intelligence and more sense than we have.” — Don Herold

 

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STATUS QUOtes — 20151017

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“Better a diamond with a flaw than a pebble without.” — Confucius

“When you wish to instruct, be brief; Every word that is unnecessary only pours over the side of a brimming mind.” — Cicero

“Beauty often seduces us on the road to truth.” — David Shore

“ETC: End of Thinking Capacity” — Unknown

 

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