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“Being forced to work, and forced to do your best, will breed in you temperance and self-control, diligence and strength of will, cheerfulness and content, and a hundred virtues which the idle will never know.”

— Charles Kingsley

Author: Charles Kingsley
Category: strength
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I did this within a philosophical framework,

Posted on October 1, 2016October 1, 2011 by admin

“I did this within a philosophical framework, and a moral and legal framework. And I have been turned into a cartoon of the greatest villain in the history of lobbying.”

— Jack Abramoff

Author: Jack Abramoff
Category: legal
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Travel, which was once either a necessity

Posted on January 1, 2014January 1, 2009 by admin

“Travel, which was once either a necessity or an adventure, has become very largely a commodity, and from all sides we are persuaded into thinking that it is a social requirement, too.”

— Jan Morris

Author: Jan Morris
Category: travel
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There are only really a few stories

Posted on March 9, 2017March 9, 2012 by admin

“There are only really a few stories to tell in the end, and betrayal and the failure of love is one of those good stories to tell.”

— Sean Lennon

Author: Sean Lennon
Category: good
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Death is the veil which those who

Posted on February 23, 2016February 23, 2011 by admin

“Death is the veil which those who live call life; They sleep, and it is lifted.”

— Percy Bysshe Shelley

Author: Percy Bysshe Shelley
Category: death
Tags: death, Percy Bysshe Shelley

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Good advice is something a man gives

Posted on February 23, 2014February 23, 2009 by admin

“Good advice is something a man gives when he is too old to set a bad example.”

— Francois de La Rochefoucauld

Author: Francois de La Rochefoucauld
Category: good
Tags: good, Francois de La Rochefoucauld

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