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President Lincoln was once criticized for his attitude toward his enemies. "Why do you try to make friends of them?" asked an associate. "You should… — Abraham Lincoln
A man on a hiking trip through the Blue Ridge Mountains came to the top of a hill and saw, just below the crest, a… — James Keller
A high-school girl, seated next to a famous astronomer at a dinner party, struck up a conversation with him by asking: "What do you do… — James Keller
After Galileo was convicted (for heresy by the Spanish Inquisition) for his theory that the Earth revolved around the sun, ... he replied, `Still, the… — Junichiro Koizumi
Tzu Li went to see Tzu Lai who was dying. Leaning against the door, he said, 'Great is the Creator! What will he make of… — Zhuangzi
Ben Franklin was a little stout later in life and it was said that in Paris a young woman, tapping him on his protruding abdomen,… — Benjamin Franklin
St. Francis of Assisi was hoeing his garden when someone asked what he would do if he were suddenly to learn that he would die… — Francis of Assisi
One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, "Wait a minute, Mr. George. Isn't it true… — David Lloyd George
Tai Shimano visited Shunryu Suzuki. "How are you feeling these days?" Suzuki replied, "They have a new name for me: Cancer!" — Shunryu Suzuki
Some time ago I took a trip on the Hudson and Manhattan Transit System. Not being familiar with the names of the various stops, I… — James Keller
The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed… — Eric Butterworth
I've had lots of replies, we're into the double figures now. And the overall standard is very good. In fact I've been feeling a little… — Peter Banks
Once I asked Teichman what he thought of Bird's chess: "Same as his health," he replied, "always alternating between being dangerously ill and dangerously well." — William Ewart Napier
I was taking my dog out the other day and I met this chap who asked me where I was going. The dog is foaming… — Chic Murray
Dante would not have forgotten: they say that when Dante was a boy, he was asked: Dante what is the best food? to test his… — Fernando Sabino
It is by now proverbial that every proverb has its opposite. For every Time is money there is a Stop and smell the roses. When… — James Richardson
A captured pirate was brought before Alexander the Great. â€œHow dare you molest the sea?â€ asked Alexander. â€œHow dare you molest the whole world?â€ the… — Noam Chomsky
We took a bus to the nearby monastery of one of the last great Tang dynasty Chan masters, Yun-men. Yun-men was known for his pithy… — Stephen Batchelor
When the Lakota leader Sitting Bull was asked by a white reporter why his people loved and respected him, Sitting Bull replied by asking if… — Joseph Bruchac
When my second husband shouted, 'Me or your writing!' I replied, 'My writing.' We separated. — Nawal El Saadawi

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