Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Darkly Comical Quotes

Truth will rise above falsehood as oil above water. – Cervantes

In the lottery of life there are more prizes drawn than blanks, and to one misfortune there are fifty advantages. Despondency is the most unprofitable feeling a man can indulge in. – De Will Talmage

Thoughts lead on to purposes; purposes go forth in action; actions form habits; habits decide character; and character fixes our destiny. – Tryon Edwards

There is no witness so terrible—no accuser so powerful as conscience which dwells within us. – Sophocles

No one grows old by living- only by losing interest in living. – Marie Ray

Freedom without obligation is anarchy; freedom with obligation is democracy. – Earl Riney

In making a living today, many no longer leave room for life. – Joseph Sizoo, DD

I firmly believe that the army of persons who urge greater centralization of authority and greater dependence upon the federal treasury, are really more dangerous to our form of government than any external threat that can possibly be arrayed against us. – Dwight D. Eisenhower

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