Today's Quote

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"We don't bother much about dress and manners in England, because as a nation we don't dress well and we've no manners." - George Bernard Shaw

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Classic Quotes by Franz Kafka (1883-1924) Czech writer

A book must be an ice-axe to break the seas frozen inside our soul.

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A book should serve as the ax for the frozen sea within us.

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A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

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A man of action forced into a state of thought is unhappy until he can get out of it.

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All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is apparently at issue.

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Anyone who cannot come to terms with his life while he is alive needs one hand to ward off a little his despair over his fate... but with his other hand he can note down what he sees among the ruins.

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Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.

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By believing passionately in something that still does not exist, we create it. The nonexistent is whatever we have not sufficiently desired.

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Every revolution evaporates and leaves behind only the slime of a new bureaucracy.

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Evil is whatever distracts.

[Lotty]

May your troubles be less
And your blessings be more.
And nothing but happiness
Come through your door.

-Irish saying

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Joy is a flower that blooms when you do.

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Originally Posted by Lotty

May your troubles be less
And your blessings be more.
And nothing but happiness
Come through your door.

-Irish saying

Great Quote!

[Lotty]

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. -- Leo Buscaglia

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Originally Posted by Lotty

Too often we underestimate the power of a touch, a smile, a kind word, a listening ear, an honest compliment, or the smallest act of caring, all of which have the potential to turn a life around. -- Leo Buscaglia

So very true.

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The greatest discovery is that a person can change their
future by merely changing their attitude.
--Unknown

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"Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a
relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger."
--Franklin P. Jones

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Life is a series of problems. Either you're in one now,
you're just coming out of one or you're getting ready
to go into another one.
--Unknown