Today Quotes
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Laugh, and the world laughs with you;
Weep, and you weep alone.
For the sad old earth must borrow its mirth,
But has trouble enough of its own.Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The idea that no gentleman ever swears is all wrong; he can swear and still be a gentleman if he does it in a nice and benevolent and affectionate way.Mark Twain, Speech in NYC, Jan. 22, 1906
Swearing is like any other music...If it is not done well, if it is not done with a fine and discriminating art, and vitalized with gracious and heartborn feeling, it lacks beauty, it lacks charm, it lacks expression, it lacks nobleness, it lacks majesty...David Gridley, Indiantown
The dark today leads into light tomorrow;
There is no endless joy,
...and yet no endless sorrow.Ella Wheeler Wilcox
In this sad world of ours, sorrow comes to all... Perfect relief is not possible, except with time. You cannot now realize that you will ever feel better... And yet this is a mistake. You are sure to be happy again.Abraham Lincoln
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.Sir Winston Churchill
Winter is come and gone,
But grief returns with the revolving year.Percy Bysshe Shelley, Adonais
Horror on earth is real and it is every day. It is like a flower or like the sun; it cannot be contained.Alice Sebold, The Lovely Bones
Over one mind and over ones body the individual is sovereign.John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying,losing, cheating, and mediocrity are easy. Stay away from easy.Scott Alexander, film writer and director