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Douglas Adams quote: "He inched his way up the corridor as if he would rather be..."
He inched his way up the corridor as if he would rather be yarding his way down it, which was true. Douglas Adams
Edward Abbey quote: "Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is..."
Each thing in its way, when true to its own character, is equally beautiful. (p 41) Edward Abbey
Few men looked on her without becoming, in a certain fashion, her lovers. But it was the kind of love that made them not less true, but truer, to their own wives. C. S. Lewis
Could I make you believe something that wasn't true?' He studied her through his eyelashes. 'You could make me believe anything at all. Emma Bull
If you try to be anyone but yourself, you will fail; if you are not true to your own heart, you will fail. Then again, there's no success like failure Bob Dylan
Every failure is a step to success. Every detection of what is false directs us towards what is true: every trial exhausts some tempting form of error. William Whewell
What about San Francisco?"What about it?"Did you like it?"She shrugged. "It was O.K."Just O.K.?"She laughed. "Good God!"What?"You're all alike here."How so?" he asked."You demand adoration for the place. You're not happy until everybody swears undying love for every nook and cranny of every precious damn --"Whoa, missy."Well, it's true. Can't you just worship it on your own? Do I have to sign an affadavit?"He chuckled. "We're that bad, are we?"You bet your ass you are. Armistead Maupin
Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection, there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sigh that you will recognize it. Simone Weil
May God bless and keep you always, May your wishes all come true, May you always do for others. And let others do for you. May you build a ladder to the stars. And climb on every rung, May you stay forever young, Bob Dylan
But my lord, when we addressed this issue a few years ago, didn't you argue the other side?" He said, "That's true, but when I get more evidence I sometimes change my mind. What do you do? John Maynard Keynes
And the true realism, always and everywhere, is that of the poets: to find out where joy resides, and give it a voice far beyond singing. For to miss the joy is to miss all. Robert Louis Stevenson
Euripides quote: "Do not mistake the rule of forcefor true power. Men are not..."
Do not mistake the rule of forcefor true power. Men are not shaped by force. Euripides
A true friend knows your weaknesses but shows you your strenghs; feels your fears but fortifies your faith; sees your anxieties but frees your spirit; recognizes your disabilities but emphasizes your possibilities. William Arthur Ward
Men cannot abandon their religious faith without a kind of aberration of intellect and a sort of violent distortion of their true nature; they are invincibly brought back to more pious sentiments. Unbelief is an accident, and faith is the only permanent state of mankind. Alexis de Tocqueville
I have a different idea of elegance. I don't dress like a fop, it's true, but my moral grooming is impeccable. I never appear in public with a soiled conscience, a tarnished honor, threadbare scruples, or an insult that I haven't washed away. I'm always immaculately clean, adorned with independence and frankness. I may not cut a stylish figure, but I hold my soul erect. I wear my deeds as ribbons, my wit is sharper then the finest mustache, and when I walk among men I make truths ring like... Edmond Rostand

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