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Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly. – Aldus Manutius	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Rest assured that there is nothing which wounds the heart of a noble man more deeply than the thought his honour is assailed. – Moliere	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing fails like success. – Gerald Nachman	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The moment of victory is much too short to live for that and nothing else. – Martina Navratilova	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I've been thinking about that old Zen conundrum what's the sound of one hand clapping My personal opinion--nothing. You don't have two hands, you don't have any clapping. It's as simple as that. Stars, galaxies, clapping hands, what's the point The point is that we all need somebody, whether you're a supercluster or a little proton, a yin or a yang. Everybody is hooked into everybody else. – Geoffrey Neighor	added by anonymous 14 years ago
The man who has nothing to boast of but his illustrious ancestry is like the potato - the best part under ground. – Thomas Overbury	added by anonymous 14 years ago
It's better to do nothing with your money than something you don't understand. – Suze Orman	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing is so awesomely unfamiliar as the familiar that discloses itself at the end of a journey. – Cynthia Ozick	added by anonymous 14 years ago
That indolent but agreeable condition of doing nothing. – Pliny the Younger	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing is more wretched than the mind of a man conscious of guilt. – Titus Maccius Plautus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing is there more friendly to a man than a friend in need. – Titus Maccius Plautus	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing is more pleasing and engaging than the sense of having conferred benefits. Not even the gratification of receiving them. – Ellis Peters	added by anonymous 14 years ago
In these matters the only certainty is that nothing is certain. – Pliny the Elder	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I've learned that all a person has in life is family and friends. If you lose those, you have nothing, so friends are to be treasured more than anything else in the world. – Trey and Matt Stone Parker	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing can be pleasing which is not also becoming. – Quintilian	added by anonymous 14 years ago
I can think of nothing less pleasurable than a life devoted to pleasure. – John D. Rockefeller	added by anonymous 14 years ago
His priority did not seem to be to teach them what he knew, but rather to impress upon them that nothing, not even... knowledge, was foolproof. – J. K. Rowling	added by anonymous 14 years ago
This isn't good or bad. It's just the way of things. Nothing stays the same. – Real Live Preacher	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Socialism is nothing but the capitalism of the lower classes. – Oswald Spengler	added by anonymous 14 years ago
There is nothing sadder in this world than the waste of human potential. The purpose of evolution is to raise us out of the mud, not have us grovelling in it. – Andrew Schneider	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Marriage is the union of disparate elements. Male and female. Yin and yang. Proton and electron. What are we talking about here Nothing less than the very tension that binds the universe. You see, when we look at marriage, people, we're are looking at creation itself. I am the sky, says the Hindu bridegroom to the bride. You are the earth. We are sky and earth united.... You are my husband. You are my wife. My feet shall run because of you. My feet shall dance because of you. My heart shall beat because of you. My eyes see because of you. My mind thinks because of you and I shall love because of you. – Andrew Schneider	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. – Charles M. Schulz	added by anonymous 14 years ago
Never refuse any advance of friendship, for if nine out of ten bring you nothing, one alone may repay you. – Madame de Tencin	added by anonymous 14 years ago
There's only so much you can do, but if somebody doesn't give you a chance there is nothing you can do. – Charlize Theron	added by anonymous 14 years ago

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