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The
Daily Maxim Archives |
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Inspired
by my dog |
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who
lives by the maxim A merry heart makes a cheerful countenance
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November 29, 2000 |
“A great flame
follows a little spark.”
-Dante Alighieri
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November 28, 2000 |
“A proverb is
one man's wit and all men's wisdom.”
-Bertrand Russell
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November 21, 2000 |
“Corn can't expect
justice from a court composed of chickens.”
-African Proverb
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November 17, 2000 |
“Good manners
and soft words have brought many a difficult thing to pass.”
-Sir John Vanbrugh
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November 15, 2000 |
“When one has
one's hand full of truth it is not always wise to open it.”
-French Proverb
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November 14, 2000 |
“Life is so largely
controlled by chance that its conduct can be but a perpetual improvisation.”
-W. Somerset Maugham
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November 9, 2000 |
“Principles always
become a matter of vehement discussion when practice is at an ebb.”
-George Gissing
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November 8, 2000 |
“Only that which is provisional endures.”
-French Proverb
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November 6, 2000 |
“Do what you can, with what you have, where you are.”
-Theodore Roosevelt
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November 5, 2000 |
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.”
-Charles Beard
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November 2, 2000 |
“The
most wasted of all days is that on which one has not laughed.”
-Chamfort
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