Quote of the day · Various

Topic of the day · Taste

A man is known by the books he reads, by the company he keeps, by the praise he gives, by his dress, by his tastes, by his distastes, by the stories he tells, by his gait, by the notion of his eye, by the look of his house, of his chamber; for nothing on

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Author of the day · Mark Twain

A banker is a fellow who lends his umbrella when the sun is shining and wants it back the minute it begins to rain.

Writer · American

Category · Thought and Reason

''One can't believe impossible things. I dare say you haven't had much practice,'' said the Queen. ''When I was your age, I always did it for half-an-hour a day. Why, sometimes I've believed as many as six impossible things before breakfast.''

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Nationality · Irish

A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.

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Profession · Missionary

Being unwanted, unloved, uncared for, forgotten by everybody, I think that is a much greater hunger, a much greater poverty than the person who has nothing to eat.

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Century · 2nd century BC

A community is like the ones who govern it.

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