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Frankisms
Short truths, collected over a lifetime of writing and teaching. Read a few, or lose an afternoon.
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“Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up. — Pablo Picasso”
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“A bore is someone who persists in holding his own views after we have enlightened him with ours. — Malcolm S. Forbes”
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“A bored person is one who is unacquainted with himself and God. — Helen Keller”
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“A choice means that you can do it, or not do it. — Robert Fritz”
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“A common strategy in life is to take something that matters to you and translate it into a sense of obligation, so that you manipulate yourself into doing what you want to do anyway. — Robert Fritz”
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“A faith that hasn’t been tested can’t be trusted. — Adrain Rogers”
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“A feeling is about as opposite to a fact as you can get. — Dwight V. Swain”
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“A fox should not be of the jury at a goose’s trial. — Thomas Fuller”
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“A good price is not necessarily what an object is marked, but what it is worth to you. — H. Jackson Brown Jr”
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“A great deal of time and intellectual force are lost in the world, because the false seems great and the truth so small and insignificant. — Maria Montessori”
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“A laugh is a smile that bursts. — Mary H. Waldrip”
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“A leader is a dealer in hope. — Napoleon Bonaparte”
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“A leader knows what’s best to do. A manager knows merely how best to do it. — Ken Adelman”
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“A liar is not believed even though he tells the truth. — Cicero”
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“A man’s reach should exceed his grasp. — Robert Browning”
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“A man’s true wealth is the good he does in this world. — Mohammed”
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“A penny saved is a penny earned. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both. — Dwight David Eisenhower”
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“A pint of sweat will save a gallon of blood. — George S. Patton Jr”
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“A Thomas Kinkade painting on your wall doesn’t make you qualified to paint one. — Cheryl St.John”
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“A truth that’s told with bad intent beats all the lies you can invent. — William Blake”
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“Actions that seems prudent in foresight can look irresponsibly negligent in hindsight. — Daniel Kahneman”
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“Afflictions are but the shadows of God’s wings. — George MacDonald”
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“After crosses and losses men grow humbler and wiser. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“Airline insurance replaces the fear of death with the comforting prospect of cash. — Cecil Beaton”
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“All I have seen teaches me to trust the Creator for all I have not seen. — Ralph Waldo Emerson”
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“All my life I have been seeking to climb out of the pit of my besetting sins and I cannot do it and I never will unless a hand is let down to draw me up. — Seneca”
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“All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy. — James Howell (c. 15941666), Proverbs [1659]”
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“All work is as seed sown. It grows and spreads, and sows itself anew. — Thomas Carlyle (17951881), On Boswell’s Life of Johnson”
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“All you need in life is ignorance and confidence, and then success is sure. — Mark Twain”
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“Although the world is full of suffering, it is also full of the overcoming of it. — Helen Keller”
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“Always do everything you ask of those you command. — George S. Patton”
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“Always do more than is required of you. — George S. Patton Jr”
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“An excuse is worse and more terrible than a lie; for an excuse is a lie guarded. — Alexander Pope”
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“An eye can threaten like a loaded and leveled gun, or it can insult like hissing or kicking. Or in its altered mood, by beams of kindness, it can make the heart dance for joy. — Ralph Waldo Emerson”
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“An obstinate man does not hold opinions, but they hold him. — Alexander Pope”
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“Anger blows out the lamp of the mind. In the examination of a great and important question, everyone should be serene, slow-pulsed, and calm. — Charles J. Ingersoll”
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“Anger is never without a reason, but seldom with a good one. — Benjamin Franklin”
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“Anger pushes people away. — Thomas Harris”
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“Any attempts to love yourself will eventually backfire. When you attempt to impose self-love on yourself, you actually are reinforcing a lack of love. — Robert Fritz”
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