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It has long been believed that a man who gets bald across the front of his head is a thinker while a man who gets bald on the crown of his head is a lover. It follows, certainly, that a man who gets bald all over his head thinks he's a lover. — L. M. Boyd

Now as the Paradisiacal pleasures of the Mahometans consist in playing upon the flute and lying with Houris, be mine to read eternal new romances of Marivaux and Crebillon. — Thomas Gray

When an oath is taken ... the mind is more attentive; for it guards against two things, the reproach of friends and offence against the gods. — Sophocles

For any exam in history, here is the answer: all human history is the struggle between systems that attempt to shackle the human personality in the name of some intangible good on the one hand and systems that enable and expand the scope of human personality in the pursuit of extremely tangible aims. The American system is the most successful in the world because it harmonizes best with the aims and longings of human personality while allowing the best protection to other personalities. — Ben Stein

If you really look at something, you can almost always tell what type of wage structure the person who made it was on. — David Foster Wallace

Only you have the power to change your thoughts. Alter your thoughts and you alter your world. — Miranda Kerr

Girl Guiding and Girl Scouting can be the magic thread which links the girls of the world together. — Juliette Gordon Low

I'm not a musician, I just play bass. — Bill Wyman

Theology is an assault on the sin-distorted intellect; it is the obedience penetrating the realm of thought. — Emil Brunner

28Are you having a real struggle? Come to me! Are you carrying a big load on your back? Come to me - I'll give you a rest! 29Pick up my yoke and put it on; take lessons from me! My heart is gentle, not arrogant. You'll find the rest you deeply need. 30My yoke is easy to wear; my load is easy to bear. — N. T. Wright

The old days are dead and gone days. For what I did in the past I have been punished. I have been cured. — Anthony Burgess

In the Bible, shalom means universal flourishing, wholeness, and delight
a rich state of affairs in which natural needs are satisfied and natural gifts fruitfully employed, a state of affairs that inspires joyful wonder as its Creator and Savior opens doors and welcomes the creatures in whom he delights. Shalom, in other words, is the way things ought to be. — Cornelius Plantinga

You remember too much,
my mother said to me recently.
Why hold onto all that?
And I said,
Where do I put it down? — Anne Carson