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The average Ph.D. thesis is nothing, but the transference of bones from one graveyard to another.
Education
J. Frank Doble

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I'm certain that most couples expect to find intimacy in marriage, but it somehow eludes them.
Marriage
Dr. James C. Dobson

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But I do nothing upon myself, and yet I am my own executioner.
Self-sabotage
John Donne

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When one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language.
Death and Dying
John Donne

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Yes, it's hard to write, but it's harder not to.
Writers and Writing
Carl Van Doren

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Happiness does not lie in happiness, but in the achievement of it.
Happiness
Fyodor Dostoevsky

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Man only likes to count his troubles, but he does not count his joys.
Humankind
Fyodor Dostoevsky

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The secret of man's being is not only to live but to have something to live for.
Purpose
Fyodor Dostoevsky

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All other men are specialists, but his specialty is omniscience.
Learning
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Mediocrity knows nothing higher than itself, but talent instantly recognizes genius.
Talent
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

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Math is like love -- a simple idea but it can get complicated.
Mathematics
R. Drabek

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Of the events of life we may have some control. but over the law of its progress none.
Change
John W. Draper

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It is not how old you are, but how you are old.
Age and Aging
Marie Dressler

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The productivity of work is not the responsibility of the worker but of the manager.
Management
Peter F. Drucker

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Unless commitment is made, there are only promises and hopes; but no plans.
Commitment
Peter F. Drucker

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Be slow to resolve, but quick in performance.
Decisions
John Dryden

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Love is not in our choice but in our fate.
Love
John Dryden

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Never was patriot yet, but was a fool.
Patriotism
John Dryden

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Reason is a crutch for age, but youth is strong enough to walk alone.
Reason
John Dryden

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Repentance is but want of power to sin.
Repentance
John Dryden

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Time, place, and action may with pains be wrought, but genius must be born; and never can be taught.
Genius
John Dryden

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War, he sung, is toil and trouble; Honor but an empty bubble.
War
John Dryden

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Trust everybody, but cut the cards.
Trust
Finley Peter Dunne

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I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.
Death and Dying
Lawrence Durrell

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Roses fall, but the thorns remain.
Flowers
Dutch Proverb

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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
[ Research ] Wernher Von Braun