QUOTE A DAY - May 6, 2014

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JA

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*---- Quotes For The Week ----*
Skepticism is the chastity of the intellect, and it is shameful to surrender it too soon or to the first comer; there is nobility in preserving it coolly and proudly through a long youth, until at last, in the ripeness of instinct and discretion, it can be safely exchanged for fidelity and happiness
--George Santayana

Nothing in politics happens by accident. If it happens, you can bet it was planned that way.
--Franklin D. Roosevelt

Any intelligent fool can make things bigger, more complex, and more violent. It takes a touch of genius - and a lot of courage to move in the opposite direction.
--E.F. Schumacher


**--- MYSTERY QUOTE ---**
Passions are the only advocates that always persuade. A simple man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

See at the bottom for the answer

*---- More Quotes for the Week ----*
There's a whole category of people who miss out by not allowing themselves to be weird enough (...) People only get really interesting when they start to rattle the bars of their cages.
--Alain de Botton

All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream in the dark recesses of the night awake in the day to find all was vanity. But the dreamers of day are dangerous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, and make it possible.
--T.E. Lawrence (AKA Lawrence of Arabia)


MYSTERY QUOTE AND ANSWER - DID YOU GUESS CORRECTLY?

Passions are the only advocates that always persuade. A simple man with passion will be more persuasive than the most eloquent without.

ANSWER: Rene Descartes

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