Markisms (2024)

15/11/2021

Hey all,

Due to the fact that for several months now I have had zero new people follow this page, the posts have received zero likes, zero comments and zero shares, I have decided to devote the time I've spent here to other projects. I may restart this in the future, but a lot of people will have to ask me to do so.

12/11/2021

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1. In matters of principle, stand like a rock. In matters of taste, swim with the current.

2. No matter how good or bad you have it, wake up each day thankful for your life. Someone somewhere else is desperately fighting for theirs.

3. There is no elevator to success. You have to take the stairs.

4. Those who expect to reap the blessings of Freedom must undergo the fatigue of supporting it. - Thomas Paine

5. You are not the darkness you endured. You are the light that refused to surrender. - John Mark Green

11/11/2021

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1. A life is not important except in the impact it has on other lives. - Jackie Robinson

2. If I've offended anyone, my efforts have been rewarded.

3. Normal people worry me.

4. Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down the path of increasingly repressive measures, until it becomes a source of terror to all its citizens and creates a country whereeveryone lives in fear. - Harry S. Truman

5. To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man. - Oliver Wendell Holmes

10/11/2021

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1. Don't be afraid to fail. Be afraid not to try.

2. My brain is my second favorite organ. - Woody Allen

3. Removing something from the Internet is like trying to remove p*e from a swimming pool.

4. True supreme power lies not in the wielding, but in the restraint.

5. You're picky about the car you drive. You're picky about what you wear. You're picky about what you put in your mouth. Be pickier about what you think.

09/11/2021

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1. A man has to live with himself, and he should see to it that he always has good company. - Charles Evans Hughes

2. Filing cabinet: A useful container where things can be lost alphabetically.

3. No one heals himself by wounding another. - St. Ambrose

4. Okay, who put a 'stop payment' on my reality check?

5. You can do anything in the world if you are prepared to take the consequences. - W. Somerset Maugham

08/11/2021

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1. Common sense is not so common.

2. Happiness is an attitude. We either make ourselves miserable, or happy and strong. The amount of work is the same. - Francesca Reigler

3. I had to install extra RAM in my computer, it's the only way to run all the viruses it has.

4. Normality is a paved road: It's comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow. - Vincent Van Gogh

5. You can never buy beer, you can only rent it.

05/11/2021

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1. A little Madness in the Spring is wholesome even for the King. - Emily Dickinson

2. An illusion shared by everyone becomes a reality. - Erich Fromm

3. My family's coat of arms ties in the back.

4. No weapon in the arsenals of the world is as powerful as the will and courage of a free people. - Ronald Reagan

5. Serenity is not the absence of conflict but the ability to cope with it.

04/11/2021

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1. Animal testing is a terrible idea - they get all nervous and give the wrong answers.

2. Being absolutely right and being spectacularly wrong feel exactly the same. - Scott Adams

3. Necessity is the plea of every infringement of human freedom. It is the argument of tyrants; it is the creed of slaves. - William Pitt

4. Why are they called apartments if they're all stuck together?

5. You've really learned something only if it changes your behavior.

03/11/2021

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1. As a man, when dealing with women I don't believe in abstract concepts like 'right' or 'wrong.' I simply do whatever will get me yelled at the least.

2. For success, attitude is equally important as ability. - Harry F. Banks

3. If the shoe fits, get the other one to make a pair.

4. If you resist reading what you disagree with, how will you ever acquire deeper insights into what you believe? The things most worth reading are precisely those that challenge our convictions.

5. Stress is your body’s way of saying you haven’t worked enough overtime.

02/11/2021

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1. Don't handicap your children by making their lives easy. - Robert Heinlein

2. History is not there for you to like or dislike. It is there for you to learn from it. And if it offends you, even better. Because then you are less likely to repeat it. History is not yours to erase or destroy.

3. I come in peace. I didn’t bring artillery. But I’m pleading with you, with tears in my eyes: If you fu*k with me, I’ll kill you all. – Maj. Gen. “Mad Dog” Mathis

4. Letting go of a loved one is hard to do, but sometimes it's the only way to survive a rock-climbing catastrophe.

5. Show respect even to people who don't deserve it; not as a reflection of their character, but a reflection of yours.

01/11/2021

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1. A good indignation makes an excellent sp*ech. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. A man finds room in the few square inches of his face for the traits of all his ancestors; for the expression of all his history, and his wants. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

3. Excuses are the common denominator of failure.

4. It matters not how a man dies, but how he lives. --Samuel Johnson

5. Yesterday is a memory, tomorrow is a vision, today is a bitch.

29/10/2021

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1. Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from that of their social environment. - Albert Einstein

2. Our capacity to love others will always be limited by the depth to which we love ourselves. - Mark Gains

3. Self-sufficiency is the greatest of all wealth. - Epicurus

4. We will always remember. We will always be proud. We will always be prepared, so we may always be free. - Ronald Reagan

5. Your perception of me is a reflection of you.

28/10/2021

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1. Discretion is being able to raise your eyebrow instead of your voice.

2. Eliminate and abolish redundancy

3. Everybody has kinks. It's just that some peoples are bigger than others.

4. Great leaders don't set out to be a leader. They set out to make a difference. It's never about the role- always about the goal.

5. He who hesitates is sometimes saved.

27/10/2021

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1. Be forgiving. Be understanding. But don't be a fool.

2. It is better to know some of the questions than all of the answers. - James Thurber

3. Poverty does not mean the possession of little, but the lack of much. - Antpater of Macedonia

4. Stop worrying about what you have to lose and start focusing on what you have to gain.

5. The only rights you have in this world are the ones you are willing to fight for.

26/10/2021

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1. A musician must make music, an artist must paint, a poet must write if he is to be ultimately at peace with himself. What one can be, one must be. - Abraham Moslow

2. If you're happy and you know it, which combination of prescription medications are you on?

3. Running late is my cardio.

4. So this ain't Home Sweet Home. Get used to it.

5. You may delay, but time will not. - Ben Franklin

25/10/2021

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1. A person who trusts no one can't be trusted. - Jerome Blather

2. All men having power ought to be distrusted to a certain degree. - James Madison

3. Marriage - a three ring circus: engagement ring, wedding ring, and suffering.

4. A good example is the best sermon. - Thomas Fuller

5. That which does not kill us makes us stronger.

22/10/2021

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1. Aim above morality. Be not simply good, be good for something. - Henry David Thoreau

2. I am not looking to escape my darkness, I am learning how to love myself there. - Rune Lazuli

3. I won't insult your intelligence by suggesting that you really believe what you just said. - William F. Buckley

4. If you have to have an attitude, make sure it's positive.

5. Nothing ever goes away until it has taught us what we need to know. - Pema Chödrön

21/10/2021

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1. A cannibals favorite game is 'swallow the leader'.

2. A multitude of laws in a country is like a great number of physicians, a sign of weakness and malady. - Voltaire

3. Heaven goes by favor. If it went by merit, you would stay out and your dog would go in. - Mark Twain

4. I could be a morning person if morning happened at noon.

5. Television is called a medium because it is neither rare nor well-done. - Ernie Kovacs

20/10/2021

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1. An idea that is not dangerous is unworthy of being called an idea at all. - Elbert Hubbard

2. I'd like to become an optimist, but I'd doubt it would work out.

3. It's a very important thing to learn to talk with people you disagree with. - Pete Seeger

4. Start by doing what is necessary, then what is possible, and suddenly you are doing the impossible. - St. Francis of Assisi

5. When we want another's thoughts, we say, 'Penny for your thoughts.' When we offer up our own, we say, 'Putting my two cents in.' We value our own opinion twice as much as others.

19/10/2021

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1. A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject. - Winston Churchill

2. Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you'll be criticized anyway. - Eleanor Roosevelt

3. Every absurdity has a champion to defend it.

4. I am flawed. Still, I am worthy. Still, I am mighty. Still, I deserve good.

5. People who tolerate me on a daily basis… They're the real heroes.

18/10/2021

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1. Dare to believe your dreams can come true and you'll become a magnet for miracles.

2. I dislike arguments of any kind. They are always vulgar, and often convincing. - Oscar Wilde

3. Never let success get to your head. Never let failure get to your heart.

4. Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate.

5. The only way you don't make a mistake is by doing nothing. And doing nothing is the biggest mistake you can make.

15/10/2021

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1. Be the master of your mouth, or you will be the slave of your words. - James Tipton

2. Don't assume malice for what stupidity can explain.

3. If the #2 pencil is the most popular, why is it still #2?

4. Rock Bottom will teach you lessons mountaintops never will.

5. The blackest lie is a lie that is half a truth.

14/10/2021

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1. Friends come and go, but enemies accumulate in a pile outside.

2. If you lose a sock in the wash, it comes back as a Tupperware lid that doesn't fit any of your containers.

3. Tell a man that there are 400 billion stars in the galaxy and he’ll believe you. Tell him a bench has wet paint and he has to touch it.

4. The quality of a person's life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen endeavor. - Vince Lombardi

5. You can have results, or you can have excuses. You can't have both.

13/10/2021

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1. A plagiarist is someone who coins a phrase that proves to be counterfeit.

2. Ever notice how fast Windows runs? Neither did I.

3. Forgiveness simply means loving someone enough to pursue healing instead of punishment when they have wronged you. - Dave Willis

4. How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world. - Anne Frank

5. You're always one decision away from a totally different life.

12/10/2021

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1. He who angers you conquers you. - Elizabeth Kenny

2. Hypochondria is the one disease I haven't got.

3. I'm sorry, did I roll my eyes out loud?

4. Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand.

5. Would you like you, if you met you?

11/10/2021

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1. Be not afraid of life. Believe that life is worth living, and your belief will help create the fact. - William James

2. Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. - Benjamin Disraeli

3. If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

4. Life is like riding a bicycle; you don't fall off unless you stop pedaling.

5. Strike your colors and prepare to be boarded!

08/10/2021

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1. Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws. - Plato

2. Man's biggest secret is that women think the silent treatment is punishment.

3. Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off entirely today.

4. The ability of the government to solve problems is directly proportional to the number of freedoms that it will take away.

5. Time and money are interchangeable. You can always save one by spending more of the other.

07/10/2021

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1. A million here, a million there, sooner or later it adds up to real money. - Everett Dirksen

2. Don't try to make children grow up to be like you or they may do it. - Russell Baker

3. Everyone wants to be the sun and brighten up someone's life. Why not be the moon and shine in their darkest hours?

4. If a man says he will fix it, he will. There’s no need to remind him every six months!

5. Pay attention to how people talk about other people. Because that's how they talk about you.

06/10/2021

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1. A bachelor is a man who has never chased a woman he could not outrun.

2. If no one hates you, you're doing something wrong.

3. Most people are as happy as they make their minds to be. - Abraham Lincoln

4. Never regret a day in your life. Good days give you happiness, bad days give you experience, worst days give you lessons, and best days give you memories.

5. Virtue shared is doubled. Naughtiness shared is squared.

05/10/2021

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1. It is no secret that organized crime in America takes in over forty billion dollars a year. This is quite a profitable sum, especially when one considers that the Mafia spends very little for office supplies. - Woody Allen

2. Justice for one can never be accomplished by the injustice of another.

3. There is no worse tyranny than to force a man to pay for what he does not want, merely because you think it would be good for him. - Robert A. Heinlein

4. Thinking is difficult, that's why most people judge. - Carl Jung

5. We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence then, is not an act, but a habit. - Aristotle

04/10/2021

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1. A goal without a plan is just a wish.

2. Find the ability to give all you have and then forgive yourself for the places you couldn't reach. - Umber Ahmad

3. If it's stupid and it works, it's not stupid.

4. Observation can be more important than conversation.

5. The true measure of a man is how he treats someone who can do him absolutely no good. - Ann Landers

01/10/2021

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1. Dr. Frankenstein entered a bodybuilding competition, only to discover he had seriously misread the objective.

2. Drilling for oil is boring.

3. My idea of fast food is an elk. – Ted Nugent

4. Success always occurs in private, and failure in full view.

5. The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make fool of yourself with him and not only will not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too. - Samuel Butler

30/09/2021

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1. A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches. - Bible, Proverbs 22:1

2. All things at first appear difficult. - Chinese proverb

3. If women fail to value good men, men will fail to value being good.

4. Never be mean to someone who can hurt you by doing nothing.

5. You know the very powerful and the very stupid have one thing in common. They don't alter their views to fit the facts. They alter the facts to fit their views. Which can be uncomfortable if you happen to be one of the facts that needs altering.

29/09/2021

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1. Ask for what you want. The worst they can say is 'No.'

2. It has been my experience that folks who have no vices have very few virtues. - Abraham Lincoln

3. Sin has many tools, but a lie is the handle which fits them all. - Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.

4. Those who forget the past are doomed to repeat it.

5. Victory belongs to the most persevering.

28/09/2021

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1. A nation never falls but by su***de. - Ralph Waldo Emerson

2. Honest disagreement is often a good sign of progress. - Gandhi

3. If it jams, force it. If it breaks, it needed replacing anyway.

4. If you could read my mind, I'm pretty sure you'd be traumatized for life.

5. Once in a while someone amazing comes along, and here I am!

27/09/2021

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1. All generalizations are false.

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3. Freedom is not free. Free men are not equal. Equal men are not free. – Jerry Pournelle

4. Healing also means taking an honest look at the role you play in your own suffering.

5. It is easier to forgive an enemy than to forgive a friend. - William Blake

24/09/2021

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1. Adultery is a sin. You can't have your Kate and Edith too.

2. Animals are such agreeable friends - they ask no questions, they pass no criticisms. - George Eliot

3. I didn't mean to push all of your buttons, I was looking for mute.

4. Modesty in delivering our opinions leaves us the liberty of changing them without humiliation.

5. Sometimes your faith has to be the down payment for your future.

23/09/2021

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1. A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. - Francis Bacon

2. Be more concerned with your character than with your reputation. Your character is what you really are while your reputation is merely what others think you are. - Dale Carnegie

3. Blood stains are red/ Ultraviolet lights are purple/ I've watched enough murder shows/ They'll never find you.

4. Can the liberties of a nation be thought secure when we have removed their only firm basis, a conviction in the minds of the people that these liberties are a gift from God? That they are not to be violated but with His wrath? - Thomas Jefferson

5. Make your business talks as short as your prayers, and you will always be a winner. - Edgar Watson Howe

22/09/2021

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1. Advice is like snow; the softer it falls, the longer it dwells upon, and the deeper it sinks into the mind. - Samuel Taylor Coleridge

2. Find the enemy that wants to end this experiment (in American democracy) and kill every one of them until they’re so sick of the killing that they leave us and our freedoms intact. – Maj. Gen. “Mad Dog” Mathis

3. Pay less attention to what men say. Just watch what they do. - Dale Carnegie

4. Sometimes you have to make peace that you are the villain in someone else's story even if you thought you were doing the right thing. You don't get to tell them how to narrate their experience.

5. There is only one excuse for disobedience: success.

21/09/2021

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1. A merry heart doeth good like a medicine. - Bible, Proverbs 17:22

2. Are you bored with life? Then throw yourself into some work you believe in with all your heart, live for it, die for it, and you will find happiness that you had thought could never be yours. - Dale Carnegie

3. I have an inferiority complex, but it's not a very good one.

4. I should come with a warning label

5. Walk a day in my mind and you’ll completely understand.