Quotes & Life

I was reading through a list of 100+ quotes

(one of those random things I do after midnight)

and my brain has 3 typical responses.

How meaningful/true/beautiful

Rubbish

I have no idea what this is about.

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Decided to share some quotes that I find meaningful.

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It is prosperity that gives us friends, adversity that proves them.

- Proverb -

The ideal friendship is to feel as one while remaining two.

- Anne Sophie Swetchine -

(The ideal marriage too, perhaps?)

It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquillity and occupation which give happiness.

- Thomas Jefferson -

The shepherd drives the wolf from the sheep's throat, for which the sheep thanks the shepherd as his liberator, while the wolf denounces him for the same act as the destroyer of liberty.

- Abraham Lincoln -

(What do you think this quote is about? I'm very interested to hear your opinion!)

When we recall the past, we usually find that it is the simplest things -- not the great occasions -- that in retrospect give off the greatest glow of happiness.

- Bob Hope -

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And my favourite 3 quotes from the list...

All work and no play makes one the wealthiest man in the cemetery.

- Unknown -

Character is another thing that is formed in youth and reformed in marriage.

- Unknown -

If you don't do it with excellence, don't do it at all! Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun, and if you're not in business for fun or profit, what the hell are you doing there?

- Robert Townsend -