A Native American elder once described his own inner struggles in this manner: Inside of me there are two dogs. One of the dogs is mean and evil. The other dog is good. The mean dog fights the good dog all the time. When asked which dog wins, he reflected for a moment and replied, The one I feed the most.
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Marriage is an alliance entered into by a man who can't sleep with the window shut, and a woman who can't sleep with the window open.
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Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.
George Bernard ShawDemocracy is a device that ensures we shall be governed no better than we deserve.
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Animals are my friends...and I don't eat my friends.
George Bernard ShawTags: humor friends attributed-no-source animals vegetarianism
A learned man is an idler who kills time by study.
George Bernard ShawMake it a rule never to give a child a book you would not read yourself.
George Bernard ShawWe have no more right to consume happiness without producing it than to consume wealth without producing it.
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The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
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A gentleman is one who puts more into the world than he takes out.
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