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“After I was married a year I remembered things like radio stations and forgot my husband.”

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P.J. Wolfson, an enigmatic figure active in the 20th century, remains largely unrecorded in terms of his profession and achievements. Born on May 22, 1903, he passed away on April 16, 1979. more

“it pleaseth me when I see through the meadows The tents and pavilions set up, and great joy have I When I see o'er the campana knights armed and horses arrayed. And it pleaseth me when the scouts set in flight the folk with their goods; And it pleaseth me when I see coming together after them an host of armed men.”

Men Together Joy Horse Folks Flight Goods Host Knights Meadows Tents Great Joy Coming Together

Author:Bertran de Born

“If anything can survive the probe of humour it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted.”

Ifs Should Values Groups Special Humour Laughter Claims Privilege Granted Immunity

Author:Eric Idle

“Measured objectively, what a man can wrest from Truth by passionate striving is utterly infinitesimal. But the striving frees us from the bonds of the self and makes us comrades of those who are the best and the greatest.”

Men Self Strive Passionate Comrade

Book:Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

Source: Bite-Size Einstein: Quotations on Just About Everything from the Greatest Mind of the Twentieth Century

“People won't have time for you if you are always angry or complaining.”

People Ifs Anger Angry Complaining Disability People With Disabilities Ability To Adapt Always Complaining No Complaining

Author:Stephen Hawking

“Republics demanded virtue. Monarchies could rely on coercion and "dazzling splendor" to suppress self-interest or factions; republics relied on the goodness of the people to put aside private interest for public good. The imperatives of virtue attached all sorts of desiderata to the republican citizen: simplicity, frugality, sobriety, simple manners, Christian benevolence, duty to the polity. Republics called on other virtues--spiritedness, courage--to protect the polity from external threats. Tyrants kept standing armies; republics relied on free yeomen, defending their own land.”

“So long as there is death there will be sorrow, and so long as there is sorrow it can be no part of the duty of human beings to increase its amount, in spite of the fact that a few rare spirits know how to transmute it.”

Knows Humans Long Facts Spirit Human Beings Know How Duty Amount Sorrow Increase Spite

Book:The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

Source: The Basic Writings of Bertrand Russell

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