"With malice toward none; with charity for all; with firmness in the right, as God gives us to see the right, let us strive on to finish the work we are in; to bind up the nations wounds; to care for him who shall have borne the battle, and for his widow, and his orphanto do all which may achieve and cherish a just, and a lasting peace, among ourselves, and with all nations. "

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"What is a democrat? One who believes that the republicans have ruined the country. What is a republican? One who believes that the democrats would ruin the country."

Bierce, Ambrose on politics   

"The problem with political jokes is they get elected."

Cate, Henry on politics
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"Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day. [2 Corinthians 4:16]"

Bible on age and aging
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"It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life's parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny: in a way it preserves it by giving it the absolute dimension. Death does away with time."

Beauvoir, Simone De on age and aging   

"Then sing, young hearts that are full of cheer, with never a thought of sorrow; the old goes out, but the glad young year comes merrily in tomorrow."

Miller, Emily on new year   

"Nobody talks so constantly about God as those who insist that there is no God."

Broun, Heywood on atheism
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"An atheist is a man who watches a Notre Dame -- Southern Methodist University game and doesn't care who wins."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on atheism   

"How to trap an atheist: Serve him a fine meal, then ask him if he believes there is a cook."

Unknown, Source on atheism   

"I'm an atheist and I thank God for it."

Shaw, George Bernard on atheism
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"I have tried in my way to be free. "

Cohen, Leonard on
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"The last refuge of the insomniac is a sense of superiority to the sleeping world."

Cohen, Leonard on insomnia
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"God left the world unfinished for man to work his skill upon. He left the electricity still in the cloud, the oil still in the earth. How often we look upon God as our last and feeblest resource! We go to Him because we have nowhere else to go. And then we learn that the storms of life have driven us, not upon the rocks, but into the desired haven."

Macdonald, George on adversity
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"When you come to a fork in the road, take it."

Berra, Yogi on decisions
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"Where there is no counsel, the people perish; but in the multitude of counselors there is safety. [Proverbs 29:18; 11:14]"

Bible on decisions
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"The block of granite which was an obstacle in the pathway of the weak becomes a stepping-stone in the pathway of the strong."

Carlyle, Thomas on decisions
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"May we never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on dissent
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"You do not lead by hitting people over the head -- that's assault, not leadership."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on leadership
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"Pull the string, and it will follow wherever you wish. Push it, and it will go nowhere at all."

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on leadership
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"The history of free men is never really written by chance but by choice; their choice!"

Eisenhower, Dwight D. on decisions
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"The good thing about being young is that you are not experienced enough to know you cannot possibly do the things you are doing."

Unknown, Source on youth   

"Youth is not a question of years: one is young or old from birth."

Barney, Natalie Clifford on youth
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"Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes: but know thou, that for all these things God will bring thee into judgment. [Ecclesiastes 11:9]"

Bible on youth
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"There's nothing wrong with teenagers that reasoning with them won't aggravate."

Bumper Sticker on youth
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"The young always have the same problem -- how to rebel and conform at the same time. They have now solved this by defying their parents and copying one another."

Crisp, Quentin on youth
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"Seek not to change the world, but choose to change your mind about the world."

A Course In Miracles on change
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"Everybody wants to do something to help, but nobody wants to be the first."

Bailey, Pearl on change
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"It is a sad fact about our culture that a poet can earn much more money writing or talking about his art than he can by practicing it."

Auden, W. H. on poetry and poets
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"We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light."

Plato on forgiveness
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"It is amazing how quickly the kids learn to drive a car, yet are unable to understand the lawnmower, snow-blower, or vacuum cleaner."

Bergor, Ben on children   

"Discipline is a symbol of caring to a child. He needs guidance. If there is love, there is no such thing as being too tough with a child. A parent must also not be afraid to hang himself. If you have never been hated by your child, you have never been a parent."

Davis, Bette on children   

"There are three ways to get something done: do it yourself, employ someone, or forbid your children to do it."

Crane, Monta on children
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"Young people should be helped, sheltered, ignored, and clubbed of necessary."

Capp, Al on children   

"Never lend your car to anyone to whom you have given birth."

Bombeck, Erma on children   

"There is no sinner like a young saint."

Behn, Aphra on children   

"Children in a family are like flowers in a bouquet: there's always one determined to face in an opposite direction from the way the arranger desires."

Cox, Marcelene on children   

"The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own."

Auden, W. H. on children   

"When chill November's surly blast make fields and forest bare."

Burns, Robert on seasons   

"Live in each season as it passes; breathe the air, drink the drink, taste the fruit, and resign yourself to the influences of each. Let them be your only diet drink and botanical medicines."

Thoreau, Henry David on seasons   

"I have seen great intolerance shown in support of tolerance."

Coleridge, Samuel Taylor on tolerance
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