Quotations for Today

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Mark Twain


When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much the old man had learned in seven years.

Jean Anouilh


Love is, above all else, the gift of oneself.

Harry S Truman


When even one American -- who has done nothing wrong -- is forced by fear to shut his mind and close his mouth -- then all Americans are in peril.

Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling


Jenny replied to this with a bitterness which might have surprized a judicious person, who had observed the tranquillity with which she bore all the affronts to her chastity; but her patience was perhaps tired out, for this is a virtue which is very apt to be fatigued by exercise.

Nicolas Boileau


If absolute power corrupts absolutely, does absolute powerlessness make you pure

Thomas Mann


As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relations with this best and truest friend of mankind, that his image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling And I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity...of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.

John Burrough


I still find each day to short for all the thoughts I want to think, all the walks I want to take, all the books I want to read, and all the friends I want to see.

James Allen, "As A Man Thinketh"


As you cannot have a sweet and wholesome abode unless you admit the air and sunshine freely into your rooms, so a strong body and a bright, happy, or serene countenance can only result from the free admittance into the mind of thoughts of joy and goodwill and serenity.

Norm Crosby


When you go into court you are putting your fate into the hands of twelve people who weren't smart enough to get out of jury duty.

Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.


A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanging, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in colour and content according to the circumstances and time in which it is used.

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson


I imagine, therefore I belong and am free.

Danish proverb


Live with wolves, and you learn to howl.

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Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:44:29 GMT
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Sat, 29 Mar 2008 21:27:59 GMT
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Fine silver quotations Friday: $18.839 ounce (Canadian Business)

Fri, 28 Mar 2008 17:55:44 GMT
The Canadian Press March 28, 2008 - 1:53 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Friday $18.839 oz., $605.67 kg.; Thursday $19.336 oz., $621.65 kg.

Fine silver quotations Thursday: $19.336 ounce (Canadian Business)

Thu, 27 Mar 2008 18:11:29 GMT
The Canadian Press March 27, 2008 - 1:56 p.m. TORONTO - Handy and Harman fine silver quotations in Canadian dollars: Thursday $19.336 oz., $621.65 kg.; Wednesday $19.215 oz., $617.76 kg.

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