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Love is not enough

 

Love is not enough. It must be the foundation, the cornerstone - but not the complete structure. It is much too pliable, too yielding. - Bette Davis

People need to be reminded more often than they need to be instructed. - Samuel Johnson

Every generation laughs at the old fashions, but follows religiously the new. - Henry David Thoreau, "Walden", 1854

The important thing is not to stop questioning. - Albert Einstein

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip. - Will Rogers

Horse sense is the thing a horse has which keeps it from betting on people.  - W. C. Fields

If I have lost confidence in myself, I have the universe against me. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

I have never taken any exercise except sleeping and resting. - Mark Twain

Early to bed and early to rise makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise. - Benjamin Franklin

When I woke up this morning my girlfriend asked me, 'Did you sleep good?' I said 'No, I made a few mistakes.' - Steven Wright

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