QUOTES

FROM THE

GRAVE

You don't HAVE to be deceased
To be quoted upon this page.
If activity between your ears has ceased
That could qualify you still

People who travel in circles should never burn their bridges.--Anon
Some people have so many wonderful quotes that it is impossible to select just one or two, so I will try to group these together.

MARK TWAIN

The holy passion of Friendship is of so sweet and steady and loyal and enduring a nature that it will last through a whole lifetime, if not asked to lend money.

It is by the goodness of God that in our country we have those three unspeakably precious things: freedom of speech, freedom of conscience, and the prudence never to practice either of them.

It is better to keep your mouth shut and appear stupid than it is to open it and remove all doubt.

When in doubt, tell the truth.

We all do no end of feeling, and we mistake it for thinking.

Good breeding consists of concealing how much we think of ourselves and how little we think of other people.

Grief can take care of itself, but to get the full value of a joy you must have somebody to divide it with.

It could probably be shown by facts and figures that there is no distinctly American criminal class except Congress.

The man who does not read good books has no advantage over the man who can't read them.

Where prejudice exists it always discolors our thoughts.

Fear is the main source of superstition, and one of the main sources of CRUELTY. To conquer fear is the beginning of wisdom.--Bertrand Russell

If you would convince a man that he does wrong, do right. Men will believe what they SEE.--Henry David Thoreau

Some subjects are so important and universally appealing that they too, like some people, deserve a section of their own.

FRIENDS AND FRIENDSHIPS

True friendship is like sound health, the value of it is seldom known until it is lost.--Charles Caleb Bolton

Friendships are fragile things, and require as much handling as any other fragile and precious thing.--Randolph Bourne

In prosperity, our friends know us, in adversity, we know our friends.--John Churton Collins

A friend is a present you give yourself.--Robert Lewis Stevenson

The only way to have a friend is to be one.--Anon??

We are, each of us angels with only one wing, and we can only fly by embrassing one another.--Sorry I can't give credit for this one, the name was written in a font I couldn't read. Would someone care to assist?

Freedom's just another word for nothing left to loose.--From the song Me And Bobbie MCGee