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    Society is like a large piece of frozen water; and skating well
    is the great art of social life.

    by Found in Society Quotes,
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The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly read more

The worst thing that can happen to a good cause is, not to be skillfully attacked, but to be ineptly defended.

by Frederic Bastiat Found in: Society Quotes,
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Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

Take your work seriously, but never yourself.

by Dame Margot Fonteyn Found in: Society Quotes,
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We often despise what is most useful to us.

We often despise what is most useful to us.

by Aesop Found in: Society Quotes,
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When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous read more

When grubbing for necessities man is still an animal. He becomes uniquely human when he reaches out for the superfluous and extravagant.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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There arises from a bad and inapt formation of words, a wonderful obstruction to the mind.

There arises from a bad and inapt formation of words, a wonderful obstruction to the mind.

by Francis Bacon Found in: Society Quotes,
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A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes read more

A man is likely to mind his own business when it is worth minding. When it is not, he takes his mind off his own meaningless affairs by minding other people's business.This minding of other people's business expresses itself in gossip, snooping and meddling, and also in feverish interest in communal, national and racial affairs. In running away from ourselves we either fall on our neighbor's shoulder or fly at his throat.

by Eric Hoffer Found in: Society Quotes,
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It is the test of a good religion whether you can make a joke about it.

It is the test of a good religion whether you can make a joke about it.

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I'd rather be dead than cool.

I'd rather be dead than cool.

by Kurt Cobain Found in: Society Quotes,
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There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

There exist limitless opportunities in every industry. Where there is an open mind, there will always be a frontier.

by Charles Kettering Found in: Society Quotes,
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