Life’s like a play; it’s not the length but the excellence of the acting that matters.
Seneca the Younger, Roman statesman, philosopher
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There is no shame in not knowing; the shame lies in not finding out.
Russian proverb
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It is strange to be known so universally and yet to be so lonely.
-Albert Einstein
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This nation has placed its destiny in the hands and heads and hearts of its millions of free men and women; and its faith in freedom under the guidance of God. Freedom means the supremacy of human rights everywhere. Our support goes to those who struggle to gain those rights or keep them. Our strength is our unity of purpose.
– FDR’s State of the Union address, January 6, 1941
From the book Crash -The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of America
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Common sense is genius dressed in working clothes.
-Ralph Waldo Emerson
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A proverb is a short sentence based on long experience.
-Miguel de Cervantes, novelist, poet
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Any fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius–and lots of courage–to move in the opposite direction.
-Albert Einstein
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He who knows, does not speak. He who speaks, does not know.
Lao Tzu – philosopher
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Love me when I least deserve it because that’s when I really need it.
-Swedish proverb
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You can only be happy if you marvel at nature – Jacques Ives Cousteau
