Why do they put the Gideon bibles only in the bedrooms, where it's usually too late?

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There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

There is only one rule for being a good talker - learn to listen.

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, every day, something no one...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

He who does not believe that God is above all is either a fool or...

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

The courage of the poet is to keep ajar the door that leads into madness.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

There are three ingredients in the good life: learning, earning and yearning.

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

When you sell a man a book, you don't sell him 12 ounces of paper...

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

No one appreciates the very special genius of your conversation as the dog does

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

There is only one success - to be able to spend your life in your...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

Humor is perhaps a sense of intellectual perspective: an awareness that some things are really...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

We call a child's mind small simply by habit; perhaps it is larger than ours...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

Read, every day, something no one else is reading. Think, everyday, something no one else...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

People like to imagine that because all our mechanical equipment moves so much faster, that...

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

If you have to keep reminding yourself of a thing, perhaps it isn't so.

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Truth is the strong compost in which beauty may sometimes germinate

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

Life is a foreign language; all men mispronounce it.

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

In every man's heart there is a secret nerve that answers to the vibrations of...

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

We've had bad luck with children; they've all grown up

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

A man who has never made a woman angry is a failure in life.

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help,...

There are two things a person should never be angry at, what they can help,...

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect...