The artist is the opposite of the politically minded individual, the opposite of the reformer, the opposite of the idealist.
- Henry Mille - In Art
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The man who looks for security, even in the mind, is like a man who would chop off his limbs in order to ahve artificial ones which will give him no pain or trouble.
- Henry Miller - In On Change
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It's far easier to forgive an enemy after you've got even with him.
- Olin Miller - In Forgiveness
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If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.
- Alice Duer Miller - In Friendship
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Don't ever dare to take your college as a matter of course - because, like democracy and freedom, many people you'll never know have broken their hearts to get it for you.
- Alice Duer Miller - In Friendship
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When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man.
- Alice Duer Miller - In Friendship
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Contempt is the weapon of the weak and a defense against one's own despised and unwanted feelings.
- Alice Duer Miller - In Friendship
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A child too, can never grasp the fact that the same mother who cooks so well, is so concerned about his cough, and helps so kindly with his homework, in some circumstance has no more feeling than a wall of his hidden inner world.
- Alice Duer Miller - In Friendship
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I rant, therefore I am.
- Dennis Miller - In Humor
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Don't take life seriously because you can't come out of it alive.
- Warren Miller - In Life
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Maybe all one can do is hope to end up with the right regrets.
- Arthur Miller - In Life
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Often the difference between a successful marriage and a mediocre one consists of leaving about three or four things a day unsaid.
- Harlan Miller - In Marriage
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Some people walk in the rain, others just get wet.
- Roger Miller - In Nature
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A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.
- Dennis Miller - In Politics
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Born again?! No, I'm not. Excuse me for getting it right the first time.
- Dennis Miller - In Religion
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