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Those who dream by day

  Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things which escape those who dream only by night. - Edgar Allan Poe, 'Eleanora,' 1842 I don't think necessity is the mother of invention - invention, in my opinion, arises directly from idleness, possibly also from laziness. To save oneself trouble. - Agatha Christie, An Autobiography, 1977 One of the advantages of being disorderly is that one is constantly making exciting discoveries. - A. A. Milne The intelligent man finds almost everything ridiculous, the sensible man hardly anything. - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Think of all the beauty still left around you and be happy. - Anne Frank, Diary of a Young Girl, 1952 To avoid criticism do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. - Elbert Hubbard Work and acquire, and thou hast chained the wheel of Chance. - Ralph Waldo Emerson If you are out to describe the truth, leave elegance to the tailor. - Albert Einstein Success is counted sweetest by those who ne'er succeed.  - Emily Dicki...

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Thomas Paine. Photo: Wikipedia Better fare hard with good men than feast it with bad.  - Thomas Paine  The easiest kind of relationship for me is with ten thousand people. The hardest is with one.  - Joan Baez  Never put off until tomorrow what you can do the day after tomorrow.  - Mark Twain  Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.  - Kin Hubbard  When people talk, listen completely. Most people never listen.  - Ernest Hemingway  In a mad world only the mad are sane.  - Akira Kurosawa  Until you've lost your reputation, you never realize what a burden it was.  - Margaret Mitchell   Recommend to your children virtue; that alone can make them happy, not gold. - Ludwig van Beethoven Remember that nobody will ever get ahead of you as long as he is kicking you in the seat of the pants.  - Walter Winchell  For one person who dreams of making fifty tho...