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The theory of Communism may be summed up in one sentence: Abolish all private property.
Topic: Communism
Author: Karl Marx
Stars lead me up to heaven, and I hope I'm there with you, for you are a star in my twinkling eyes.
Topic: Love
Author: Shannon Fancher
The place to improve the world is first in one's own heart and head and hands. -Robert M. Persig.
Topic: Heart Quotes
Author: Robert M Persig
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.
Topic: Inspirational
Author: Mahatma Gandhi
A poor lone woman. -King Henry IV. Part II. Act ii. Sc. 1.
Topic: Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
Alas, why gnaw you so your nether lip? Some bloody passion shakes your very frame. These are portents; but yet I hope, I hope, They do not point on me.
Topic: Passion
Author: William Shakespeare
There is much pleasure ot be gained from useless knowledge.
Topic: Knowledge
Author: Bertrand Russell
Traditions are the guideposts driven deep in our subconscious minds. The most powerful ones are those we can't even describe and aren't even aware of.
Topic: Tradition
Author: Ellen Goodman
It is better to create than to be learned, creating is the true essence of life.
Topic: Originality
Author: Barthold Georg Niebuhr
We have, in fact, two kinds of morality side by side: one which we preach but do not practice, and another which we practice but seldom preach.
Topic: Hypocrisy
Author: Bertrand Russell
There is a point in portraying surface vulgarity where tragedy and comedy are very close.
Topic: Vulgarity
Author: Barbara Stanwyck
Make haste; the better foot before. -King John. Act iv. Sc. 2.
Topic: Shakespeare
Author: William Shakespeare
We estimate the wisdom of nations by seeing what they did with their surplus capital.
Topic: Nations
Author: Ralph Waldo Emerson
To serve thy generation, this thy fate: "Written in water," swiftly fades thy name; But he who loves his kind does, first and late, A work too late for fame.
Topic: Journalism
Author: Mary Clemmer
To know the value of generosity, it is necessary to have suffered from the cold indifference of others. . -Eugene Cloutier.
Topic: Inspiring
Author: Eugene Cloutier
'Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all.
Topic: Love lost
Author: Samuel Butler