Epicurus Quotes
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Rushing to war is not a wise course of action.
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The building of America has had its fair share of mistakes, but it's a constitution that's the jewel of democracy, the envy of many, and it's the most generous nation in the world.
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The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.
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Gibson has been making the finest electric guitars the world has ever witnessed for over 70 years. They are as American as God, guns and rock and roll.
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The man who can keep a secret may be wise, but he is not half as wise as the man with no secrets to keep.
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It is impossible to imagine the universe run by a wise, just and omnipotent God, but it is quite easy to imagine it run by a board of gods.
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The morning is always my best time of the day for writing because that's when my head is best.
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I don't know what I'm qualified to do, film-wise... So it's really down to a director or a casting director to find something that they think I could do.
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Affliction comes to us, not to make us sad but sober; not to make us sorry but wise.
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A wise man will make haste to forgive, because he knows the true value of time, and will not suffer it to pass away in unnecessary pain.
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We now occupy the proud attitude of a sovereign and independent Republic, which will impose upon us the obligation of evincing to the world that we are worthy to be free. This will only be accomplished by wise legislation, the maintenance of our integrity, and the faithful and just redemption of our plighted faith wherever it has been pledged.
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Even now, at 82 years old, if I don't learn something every day, you know what I think? It's a day lost. Now, I don't practice every day. I just take the guitar, swear at it. But I should be swearing at myself. But I fool with music. I'm doing something musically all the time. And my ears are wide open for anything I can hear.
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My imagination makes me human and makes me a fool; it gives me all the world, and exiles me from it.
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I think if I did something in the pop world right now, it would be for Rihanna. I'd love to do something production wise for her.
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I write for children because I am interested in fantasy and the possibilities for experience of all kinds before the time of compromise. I believe that children are far more perceptive and wise than American books give them credit for being.
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Denounce me for advocating freedom if you can, and I will bear your curse with a better resignation.
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We don't want a president who fails at domestic and foreign policy.
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Solving a problem created by debt... by creating more debt is a fool's errand.
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I don't fool with a lot of things that I can't have fun with. There's not much reward in that.
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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
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They still have the defense as their calling card, but they have released and liberated the offense.
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The goose lays the golden egg. Payrolls make consumers.
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I think it's a great album, but it came out at the wrong time. We got a bad deal and it was a very weird time. Without getting to into it, it was not the right time to do what we did. When we went into it, I wasn't sure about it and I told the guys that, but once I understood it more, I got into it just as much as everyone else.
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The misfortune of the wise is better than the prosperity of the fool.
