46.Quotes On Fiction:Laughter:Fashion:Manners:Perfection:Reputation:Growth-Part 4

"In writing biography, fact and fiction shouldn't be mixed. And if they are, the fictional points should be printed in red ink, the facts printed in black ink.." -Catherine Drinker Bowen-

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"But I hate things all fiction... there should always be some foundation of fact for the most airy fabric - and pure invention is but the talent of a liar.".-Lord George Byron-

"The life of man is the true romance, which when it is valiantly conduced, will yield the imagination a higher joy than any fiction.".-Ralph Waldo Emerson-

"God grant that not only the love of liberty but a thorough knowledge of the rights of man may pervade all the nations of the earth, so that a philosopher may set his foot anywhere on its surface and say: This is my country!".-Benjamin Franklin

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"The more prosperous and settled a nation, the more readily it tends to think of war as a regrettable accident;to nations less fortunate the chance of war presents itself as a possible bountiful friend.".-Lewis H. Lapham-

"The whole history of the world is summed up in the fact that, when nations are strong, they are not always just, and when they wish to be just, they are no longer strong.".-Winston Churchill-

"Philosophical argument has sometimes shaken my reason for the faith that was in me;but my heart has always assured me that the Gospel of Jesus Christ must be reality.".-Daniel Webster-

"Protestantism has the method of Jesus with His secret too much left out of mind;Catholicism has His secret with His method too much left out of mind;neither has His unerring balance, His intuition, His sweet reasonableness. But both have hold of a great truth, and get from it a great power.".-Matthew Arnold-

"Whoever undertakes to set himself up as judge in the field of truth and knowledge is shipwrecked by the laughter of the Gods.".-Albert Einstein-

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"In the sweetness of friendship let there be laughter, and sharing of pleasures.".-Kahlil Gibran-

"Hearty laughter is a good way to jog internally without having to go outdoors.".-Norman Cousins-

"To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.".-Arthur Wellesley-

"Ignorance is never out of style. It was in fashion yesterday, it is the rage today and it will set the pace tomorrow.".-Frank Dane-

"We at Chrysler borrow money the old fashion way. We pay it back.".-Lee Iacocca-

"Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.".-Benjamin Disraeli-

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"Clothes and manners do not make the man;but when he is made, they greatly improve his appearance".-Henry Ward Beecher-

"Of course I lie to people. But I lie altruistically - for our mutual good. The lie is the basic building block of good manners. That may seem mildly shocking to a moralist - but then what isn t?".-Quentin Crisp-

"So much perfection argues rottenness somewhere.".-Beatrice Potter Webb-

"The indefatigable pursuit of an unattainable perfection -even though nothing more than the pounding of an old piano -is what alone gives a meaning to our life on this unavailing star.".-Logan Pearsall Smith-

"We never taste happiness in perfection, our most fortunate successes are mixed with sadness.".-Pierre Corneille-

"There are two way of establishing a reputation, one to be praised by honest people and the other to be accused by rogues. It is best, however, to secure the first one, because it will always be accompanied by the latter.".-Charles Caleb Colton-

"A man's character is the reality of himself;his reputation, the opinion others have formed about him;character resides in him, reputation in other people;that is the substance, this is the shadow.".-Henry Ward Beecher-

"It is generally much more shameful to lose a good reputation than never to have acquired it.".-Pliny the Elder-

"The growth of wisdom may be gauged exactly by the diminution of ill temper.".-Friedrich Nietzsche-

"The entrepreneurial approach is not a sideline at 3M. It is the heart of our design for growth.".-Lewis Lehr-

"Happiness is neither virtue nor pleasure nor this thing nor that but simply growth, We are happy when we are growing.".-William B. Yeats-

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"Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.".-Barbara Tuchman-

"At present cats have more purchasing power and influence than the poor of this planet. Accidents of geography and colonial history should no longer determine who gets the fish.".-Derek Wall-

"A cock has great influence on his own dunghill.".-Publilius Syrus-

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"Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.".-Carl Gustav Jung-

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