Today Quotes
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Do not accustom yourself to use big words for little matters.Samuel Johnson
Every time you get angry, you poison your own system.Alfred Montapert
Whatever is begun in anger ends in shame.Benjamin Franklin
Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.Plato
It is essential to know that to be a happy person, a happy family, a happy society, it is very crucial to have a good heart, that is very crucial. World peach must develop from inner peace. Peace is not just the absence of violence but the manifestation of human compassion.Dalai Lama, (in exile) Associated Press, 5/14/01
Peace is not a relationship of nations. It is a condition of mind brought about by a serenity of soul. Peace is not merely the absence of war. It is also a state of mind. Lasting peace can come only to peaceful people.Jawaharlal Nehru
High fashion has the shelf life of potato salad.Barbara Kingsolver, "Life Without Go-Go Boots" (personal essay)
I am free of all prejudice. I hate everyone equally.W. C. Fields
Grasp the subject, the words will follow.Cato the Elder
Long experience has taught me this about the status of mankind with regard to matters requiring thought: the less people know and understand about them, the more positively they attempt to argue concerning them, while on the other hand to know and understand a multitude of things renders men cautious in passing judgement upon anything new.Galileo Galilei, The Assayer