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'All the world is mad save thee and I ... and even thee is a little mad'

I remember a school friend saying it to me years ago
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"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

- Mawlana Jalal al Din Rumi

I must say, I greatly appreciate this quote.
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Stinkin' Fascist wrote:"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

- Mawlana Jalal al Din Rumi

I must say, I greatly appreciate this quote.
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Stinkin' Fascist wrote:"Your task is not to seek for love, but merely to seek and find all the barriers within yourself that you have built against it."

- Mawlana Jalal al Din Rumi

I must say, I greatly appreciate this quote.
I'm going to remember this one!~
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"A man's face is his autobiography ... a woman's face is a work of fiction"
- Oscar Wilde

:lol:
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If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to ponder the prose they should have written instead

- The Girls by Lori Lansens
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Life isn't all beer and skittles...

- Hughes Thomas

Haha.
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Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. (Proverbs 12:24)
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Registry wrote:Work hard and become a leader; be lazy and never succeed. (Proverbs 12:24)
'He who know how will always have a job but he who know why will always be the boss'
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You tried your best and you failed miserably, the lesson is: never try....

(Homer Simpson) :D
You only live once.....so live!
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StephenKingman wrote:You tried your best and you failed miserably, the lesson is: never try....

(Homer Simpson) :D
What a philosopher :lol:
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Oh aye haha. He comes from a long line of Homers (The Illiad, etc.)
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"Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable." -- L. Frank Baum, "The Wizard Of Oz"

So, SO true.
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I concur, 't is a good quote.

He who conquers himself is the mightiest worrior.

- Kung Fu-tzu Confucius
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Lonestar wrote:"Hearts will never be practical until they can be made unbreakable." -- L. Frank Baum, "The Wizard Of Oz"

So, SO true.
Nice one :)
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