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To have joy one must share it. Happiness was born a twin.
Happiness
Lord Byron

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Whether or not God is dead: it is impossible to keep silent about him who was there for so long.
God
Elias Canetti

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Let each become all that he was created capable of being.
Excellence
Thomas Carlyle

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No ghost was every seen by two pair of eyes.
Spirit and Spirituality
Thomas Carlyle

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Science must have originated in the feeling that something was wrong.
Science and Scientists
Thomas Carlyle

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The first sin in our universe was Lucifer's self conceit.
Sin
Thomas Carlyle

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The world is a republic of mediocrities, and always was.
Mediocrity
Thomas Carlyle

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If life was fair, Elvis would be alive and all the impersonators would be dead.
Life and Living
Johnny Carson

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'Tis ill talking of halters in the house of a man that was hanged.
Tact and Tactfulness
Miguel De Cervantes

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The most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.
Laughter
Sebastien-Roch Nicolas De Chamfort

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It was a blonde. A blonde to make a bishop kick a hole in a stained-glass window.
Glamour
Raymond Chandler

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I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.
America
Charlie Chaplin

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Charlie Chaplin's genius was in comedy. He has no sense of humor, particularly about himself.
Comedy and Comedians
Lita Grey Chaplin

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Nowhere so busy a man as he than he, and yet he seemed busier than he was.
Work
Geoffrey Chaucer

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Experience which was once claimed by the aged is now claimed exclusively by the young.
Experience
Gilbert K. Chesterton

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I was not the lion, but it fell to me to give the lion's roar.
Leaders and Leadership
Winston Churchill

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If I was your wife Sir, I'd poison you! Madam, if you were my wife, I'd let you!
Wives
Winston Churchill

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In those days he was wiser than he is now -- he used frequently to take my advice.
Advice
Winston Churchill

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My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.
Achievement
Winston Churchill

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Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.
Heroes and Heroism
Winston Churchill

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There never was a great soul that did not have some divine inspiration.
Inspiration
Marcus T. Cicero

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Everything I know I learned after I was thirty.
Wisdom
Georges Clemenceau

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You couldn't tell if she was dressed for an opera or an operation.
Fashion
Irvin S. Cobb

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No person was ever honored for what he received. Honor has been the reward for what he gave.
Honor
Calvin Coolidge

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It's better to waste one's youth than to do nothing with it at all.
Inaction
Georges Courteline

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun