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October 2005 Quotes

Never judge someone by who he's in
love with; judge him by his friends.
People fall in love with the most
appalling people. Take a cool,
appraising glance at his pals.
Cynthia Heimel

Talking and eloquence are not the same:
to speak and to speak well are two things.
A fool may talk, but a wise man speaks.
Heinrich  Heine



Don't let your will roar when
your power only whispers.
Thomas Fuller, MD

In any great organization it is far,
far safer to be wrong with the
majority than to be right alone.
John Kenneth Galbraith

Idealism increases in direct proportion
to one's distance from the problem.
John Galsworthy

One of the reasons people stop
learning is that they become less
and less willing to risk failure.
John W Gardner

A compromise is the art of
dividing a cake in such a way
that everyone believes that
he has got the biggest piece.
Paul Gauguin

Generosity is giving more than you can,
and pride is taking less than you need.
Kahil Gibran

A loyal friend laughs at your jokes when
they're not so good, and sympathizes with
your problems when they're not so bad.
Arnold H Glasgow

Men show their characters in nothing more
clearly than in what they think laughable.
Jonann Wolfgang von Goethe

There's a trick to the Graceful Exit. It begins
with the vision to recognize when a job, a
life stage, a relationship is over -- and
to let go. It means leaving
what's over without denying its value.
Ellen Goodman

Loneliness is never more cruel than when
it is felt in close propinquity with
someone who has ceased to communicate.
Germaine Greer

Never completely encircle your enemy.
Leave him some escape, for he will fight
even more desperately if trapped.
Alex Haley

True merit is like a river; the deeper it
is, the less noise it makes. 
Edward F Halifax

Some persons talk simply because
they think sound is more
manageable than silence.
Margaret Halsey

I've found that every time you
stand up for something and open
your mouth, you alienate someone.
Woody Harrelson

Words -- so innocent and powerless
as they are, as standing in a dictionary,
how potent for good and evil they
become in the hands of one who
knows how to combine them.
Nathaniel Hawthorne