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“My husband taught me housekeeping; when I divorce I keep the house.”

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Author:Zsa Zsa Gabor

“When Byron's eyes were shut in death, We bow'd our head and held our breath. He taught us little; but our soul Had felt his like a thunder roll. . . . We watch'd the fount of fiery life Which serv'd for that Titanic life.”

Life Littles Soul Eye Felt Watches Taught Breaths Bows Thunder Taught Us Fiery Byron

Book:Dover Beach and Other Poems

Source: Dover Beach and Other Poems

“The one thing life has taught me is that most people spend their lives bottled up inside their houses doing the things they hate.”

People Life Hate House One Thing Taught

Book:Lorca Plays: 1: Blood Wedding; Yerma; Dona Rosita the Spinster

Source: Lorca Plays: 1: Blood Wedding; Yerma; Dona Rosita the Spinster

“Can you remember? when we thought the poets taught how to live?”

Life Remember Poetry Taught Poet Remember When

Book:Your Native Land, Your Life

Source: Your Native Land, Your Life

“I believe that our society's "mistake-phobia" is crippling, a problem that begins in most elementary schools, where we learn to learn what we are taught rather than to form our own goals and to figure out how to achieve them. We are fed with facts and tested and those who make the fewest mistakes are considered to be the smart ones, so we learn that it is embarrassing to not know and to make mistakes. Our education system spends virtually no time on how to learn from mistakes, yet this is critical to real learning.”

“We are taught you must blame your father, your sisters, your brothers, the school, the teachers - but never blame yourself. It's never your fault. But it's always your fault, because if you wanted to change you're the one who has got to change.”

Ifs Life Inspirational Wanted School Father Women Change Inspiring Teacher Taught Brother Inspirational Life Blame Faults Bad Ass Your Brother

Author:Katharine Hepburn

“These are the hands whose sturdy labor brings The peasant's food, the golden pomp of kings; This is the page whose letters shall be seen, Changed by the sun to words of living green; This is the scholar whose immortal penSpells the first lesson hunger taught to men; These are the lines that heaven-commanded Toil Shows on his deed, - the charter of the soil!”

Men Life Firsts Shows Hands Heaven Lines Sun Changed Taught Kings Lessons Pages Garden Labor Letters Green Hunger Deeds Golden Soil Immortal Scholar Toil Peasants Charter Sturdy

Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.

“An enchanted world is one that speaks to the soul, to the mysterious depths of the heart and imagination where we find value, love, and union with the world around us. As mystics of many religions have taught, that sense of rapturous union can give a sensation of fulfillment that makes life purposeful and vibrant.”

World Life Giving Heart Soul Values Speak Imagination Taught Unions Depth Mysterious Fulfillment Sensations Purpose Of Life Enchanted

Author:Thomas Moore

“As for the excellent little wretches who grow up in what they are taught, with never a scruple or a query, ... they signify nothing in the intellectual life of the race.”

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Author:Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.