valentine quotes for friends

An argument fatal to the communist theory, is suggested by the fact, that a desire for property is one of the elements of our nature. ~Herbert Spencer



We are closer to the ants than to butterflies. Very few people can endure much leisure. ~Gerald Brenan



To be a fashionable woman is to know yourself, know what you represent, and know what works for you. To be "in fashion" could be a disaster on 90 percent of women. You are not a page out of Vogue. ~Author Unknown



To poke a wood fire is more solid enjoyment than almost anything else in the world. ~Charles Dudley Warner



There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all. ~Rebecca West (Cicily Maxwell Andrews), "The Harsh Voice," There Is No Conversation, 1935



The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution. (OK, it doesn't take a genius, or even a politician, to figure out that big changes are afoot when we have a medium that lets someone throw up a virtual storefront on the Web and instantly gain access to the global market.) ~Steven Levy, 1997



If I ever marry, it will be on a sudden impulse - as a man shoots himself. ~H.L. Mencken



Beer and Rugby are more or less synonymous. ~Chris Laidlaw, 1973



Love never reasons but profusely gives; gives, like a thoughtless prodigal, its all, and trembles lest it has done too little. ~Hannah More



One saves oneself much pain, by taking pains; much trouble, by taking trouble. ~Augustus William Hare and Julius Charles Hare, Guesses at Truth, by Two Brothers, 1827



If you think it's hard to meet new people, try picking up the wrong golf ball. ~Jack Lemmon



The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play. ~Arnold Toynbee



People don't change. Only their costumes do. ~Gene Moore



When life throws you scraps, make a quilt. ~Author Unknown



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Come, let's be a comfortable couple and take care of each other! How glad we shall be, that we have somebody we are fond of always, to talk to and sit with. ~Charles Dickens



Why try to explain miracles to your kids when you can just have them plant a garden. ~Robert Brault, www.robertbrault.com



I want to reach that condensation of sensations that constitutes a picture. ~Henri Matisse, Notes d'un peintre, 1908



Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. ~G.K. Chesterton



Faith and joy are the ascensive forces of song. ~Edmund Clarence Stedman