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Plants are more courageous than almost all human beings: an orange tree would rather die than produce lemons, whereas instead of dying the average person would rather be someone they are not.
タグ: yourself, words-to-live-by, valour, true-grit, trees, tree, thoughtful, thought-provoking, themselves, standout, standing-out, spunk, self, sayings, saying, satirical, satire, quotes, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, produce, pretending, pretenders, pretender, pretend, pluckiness, pluck, plants, plant, persons, person, peoples, people, orange, oneself, nonconformity, nerve, murdered, murder, moxie, motive, motivational, motivated, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, lemons, lemon, killed, kill, intrepidity, inspired, inspire, inspirational, inspiration, insightful, humour, humor, humans, human-beings, human-being, human, himself, herself, heroism, hardihood, guts, grit, gnomes, gnome, gallantry, fruits, fruit, fitting-in, fit-in, fearlessness, fearful, fear, facades, facade, epigrams, epigram, die, dictums, dictum, deep, death, dead, daring, courageousness, courageous, courage, conformity, conforming, conform, cojones, bravery, brave, boldness, be-yourself, balls, axioms, axiom, audacity, aphorisms, aphorism, animals, animal, adages, adage, actors, actor, acting, act
Life sometimes reminds us that it is sometimes heartless by giving something or someone we really need to someone who does not need or even want them or it.
タグ: waste, warm, wants, want, unsympathetic, unkind, unfeeling, understanding, unconcerned, uncaring, tolerant, thoughtful, thought-provoking, take-for-granted, sympathetic, stony-hearted, solicitous, sensitive, sayings, saying, satirical, satire, reminder, remind, quotes, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, pitiless, needs, need, merciless, merciful, mean-spirited, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, loving, lovers, lover, love, life-partners, life-partner, life, lenient, kind, insightful, insensitive, inhuman, inconsiderate, humour, humor, humane, heartless, hard-hearted, gnomes, gnome, epigrams, epigram, empathetic, dictums, dictum, deep, death, cruel, considerate, compassionate, cold-hearted, cold, charitable, caring, callous, bighearted, axioms, axiom, appreciation, appreciate, aphorisms, aphorism, adages, adage
Most sane human beings’ chances of being alive in a thousand years’ time are a hundred times higher than their chances of being sincerely happy for at least ten consecutive days.
タグ: unhappy, unhappiness, thoughtful, thought-provoking, sincerely, sincere, sayings, saying, satirical, satire, sanity, sane, sad, quotes, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, pretense, pretend, mortality, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, mad, insightful, insanity, insane, immortality, humour, humor, happy, happiness, gnomes, gnome, fake, epigrams, epigram, dictums, dictum, deep, crazy, consistent, consistency, axioms, axiom, aphorisms, aphorism, adages, adage
The human population would probably be way less than a thousand, if ejaculation were not usually accompanied by an orgasm.
タグ: thousand, thoughtful, thought-provoking, the-pill, sperms, sperm, sexual-intercourse, sex, semen, sayings, saying, satirical, satire, reproduction, reproduce, quotes, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, procreation, procreate, pregnant, pregnancy, population, pleasure, people, orgasms, orgasm, miscarriages, miscarriage, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, insightful, humour, humor, humans, humanity, human-beings, human, gnomes, gnome, epigrams, epigram, ejaculation, ejaculate, dictums, dictum, deep, contraceptives, contraceptive, condoms, condom, conception, conceive, come, axioms, axiom, aphorisms, aphorism, adages, adage, abortions, abortion
You cannot be truly humble, unless you truly believe that life can and will go on without you.
タグ: truly, thoughtful, thought-provoking, sincerely, sincere, sayings, saying, satirical, satire, really, quotes, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, modesty, modest, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, life-goes-on, life, insightful, important, importance, humour, humor, humility, humble, gnomes, gnome, epigrams, epigram, dictums, dictum, deep, believe, beliefs, belief, axioms, axiom, arrogant, arrogance, aphorisms, aphorism, anthropocentrism, anthropocentric, adages, adage
A relationship is likely to last way longer, if each partner convinces or has convinced themselves that they do not deserve their partner, even if that is not true.
タグ: wives, wife, true, thoughtful, thought-provoking, south-african, south-africa, sayings, saying, satirical, satire, relationship, quotes, quote-of-the-day, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, philosopher, persuading, persuaded, persuade, partners, partner, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, insightful, husbands, husband, humour, humorous, humor, humility, humbled, humble, gnomes, gnome, girlfriends, girlfriend, funny, epigrams, epigram, dictums, dictum, deserving, deserve, deep, dating, date, convincing, convinced, convince, boyfriends, boyfriend, axioms, axiom, arrogant, arrogance, aphorisms, aphorism, african, africa, adages, adage
Among other possibilities, money was invented to make it possible for a foolish man to control wise men; a weak man, strong men; a child, old men; an ignorant man, knowledgeable men; and for a dwarf to control giants.
タグ: possibilities, poor, philosopher, old, monies, monied, money, midgets, midget, maxims, maxim, mastery, masters, master, make-you-think, made-me-think, knowledgeable, knowledge, kids, kid, jobs, job, invention, invented, invent, intelligent, insightful, informed, influence, impossible, impossibilities, ignorant, ignoramus, humour, humorous, humor, gnomes, gnome, giants, giant, young, working, work, wise, wisdom, well-read, well-informed, well-educated, wealthy, wealth, weakness, weak, vassalage, thralldom, thrall, thoughtful, thought-provoking, strong, south-african, south-africa, slavery, slave-masters, slave-master, servitude, serfdom, scholarly, sayings, saying, satirists, satirist, satirical, satire, riches, rich, quotes, quote-of-the-day, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, power, poverty, possible, possibility, funny, freedom, fools, foolish, fool, erudite, epigrams, epigram, enslavement, enlightened, employment, employed, education, educated, economy, economies, dwarfs, dwarf, dominion, domination, dominate, dominance, dictums, dictum, deep-pockets, deep, cultured, cultivated, controlling, control, children, child, bondage, axioms, axiom, authority, aphorisms, aphorism, african, africa, adages, adage
There is nothing morally wrong with buying stolen goods, unless you know that they were stolen.
タグ: wrong, thugs, thug, thoughtful, thought-provoking, thieves, thief, stolen, steal, south-african, south-africa, sayings, saying, satirists, satirist, satirical, satire, right, quotes, quote-of-the-day, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, philosopher, morals, moral, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, knowledge, insightful, ignorant, ignorance, humour, humorous, humor, goods, gnomes, gnome, funny, epigrams, epigram, dictums, dictum, deep, criminals, criminal, crime, buying, buy, axioms, axiom, awareness, aware, aphorisms, aphorism, african, africa, adages, adage
Not everyone who talks less or keeps quiet whenever they are with or around you does that because they find you interesting or knowledgeable; some people do that because they find you boring or ignorant.
タグ: thoughtful, thought-provoking, talking, talk-less, talk, south-african, south-africa, silent, silence, sayings, saying, satirical, satire, quotes, quote-of-the-day, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, philosopher, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, listening, listen, knowledgeable, knowledge, keep-quiet, interesting, interested, interest, insightful, ignorant, ignorance, ignoramus, humour, humorous, humor, gnomes, gnome, funny, epigrams, epigram, dictums, dictum, deep, boring, bore, axioms, axiom, aphorisms, aphorism, african, africa, adages, adage
The kind of lies that someone tells us gives us an idea of how stupid, knowledgeable, intelligent, or ignorant they are … or they think we are.
タグ: truth, trustworthy, true, thoughtful, thought-provoking, stupidity, stupid, seems, seeming, seem, sayings, saying, satirical, satire, reveal, quotes, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, lying, lies, lie, knowledgeable, knowledge, intelligent, intelligence, insightful, impressions, impression, ignorant, ignorance, ideas, idea, humour, humor, honesty, honest, gnomes, gnome, epigrams, epigram, dictums, dictum, deep, betray, axioms, axiom, aphorisms, aphorism, adages, adage
Some social ills are preserved by the common misbelief that things such as ignorance, greed, and stupidity do not have the stamina required to reach old age.
タグ: young, wise, wisdom, thoughtful, thought-provoking, stupidity, stupid, stamina, society, societal, social-ills, social-ill, social, sayings, saying, satirical, satire, retirement, retired, retire, quotes, quote, quotations, quotation, provoke-thought, proverbs, proverb, profound, problems, problem, preserve, preservation, old-age-homes, old-age-home, old-age, old, misbeliefs, misbelief, maxims, maxim, make-you-think, made-me-think, knowledgeable, knowledge, insightful, ignorant, ignorance, humour, humor, greedy, greed, gnomes, gnome, epigrams, epigram, endure, endurance, dictums, dictum, deep, beliefs, belief, axioms, axiom, aphorisms, aphorism, adages, adage