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CAULFIELD BETH HAMEDRASH
THOUGHT OF THE WEEK 2010

Thoughts for the week:
July 2010
  • Joining a faction divides rather than unites
  • Fewer words mean fewer mistakes
  • The optimist says we're living in the best of times while the pessimist believes it
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  • Everybody grows old but not everyone grows up
  • We all have enough strength to endure the misfortune of others
  • Choose your friends wisely, but choose your enemies even wiser
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  • Imagine what you could do if you did all you can
  • Knowledge is finite but wisdom is infinite
  • A gentleman remembers a woman's birthday but not her age <
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  • You can fool most of the people most of the time
  • To achieve the impossible dream keep on sleeping
  • Nothing causes more dishonesty than income tax
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    June 2010
  • In a democracy it is a tough choice as both parties tell you why the other is unfit to govern and both are right
  • People confess their little faults in an attempt to hide their larger ones
  • Friends may come and go but enemies remain
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  • A committee is where the minutes are kept but the hours are lost
  • You only fail when you stop trying to succeed
  • The secret to staying young is mixing with older people
  • A committee is where the minutes are kept but the hours are lost
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  • You only fail when you stop trying to succeed
  • The secret to staying young is mixing with older people
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  • Fame may be fleeting but obscurity lasts forever
  • All weddings are similar but all marriages are different
  • Most people hate advice unless they are giving it
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  • The secret to creativity is finding obscure sources
  • It helps to understand an argument before entering one
  • The fool doesn't forgive or forget; the naïve forgive and forget; the wise forgive but don't forget
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    May 2010
  • Most conversation are usually two monologues delivered in turn
  • A psychiatrist enables you to admit all your faults are due to your mother
  • Never disturb your enemy while he is making a mistake
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  • The days are long but the years are short
  • You never have to whisper if you speak the truth
  • Rudeness is a poor imitation of strength
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  • The significance of man is the awareness of his insignificance
  • Luck is the most valuable of all commodities
  • May you live as long as you want and never want as long as you live
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  • Everyone has a photographic memory, but some just can't develop it
  • People who sleep like a baby don't have one
  • Let your heart be bigger than your tongue
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  • Most are frauds but only some are exposed
  • Don't dwell in the past, but take its lessons with you
  • To experience a rainbow you have to experience the rain
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    April 2010
  • The truth is rarely pure or simple
  • A true measure of a man is how he helps those who can’t help him back
  • The greatest superstition is the complete belief in plain facts
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  • People will pay any price for a bargain
  • History teaches you not to love your enemies but to hate your friends
  • The most effective way to communicate is to listen
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  • True progress is measured by quality as well as quantity
  • It is much easier being critical than correct
  • It's bad luck to be superstitious
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  • Dignity is deserving honours but not collecting them
  • Democracy ensures we are governed by those we deserve
  • Leaders should be too big to take offence and too noble to take it
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    March 2010
  • Nothing is as simple as it should be
  • Nothing is as useless as doing efficiently that which does not need to be done at all
  • Someone who allows himself to be bored is more boring than the bore
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  • Not all who have nothing to say remain silent
  • A wise enemy is better than a dumb friend
  • The average person thinks he isn't
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  • Nothing is impossible, but some things are a lot less likely
  • No pillow is as soft as a clear conscience
  • Anything can be funny if it happens to someone else
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  • People would rather change the world than themselves
  • Comedy is simply a funny way of being serious
  • Procrastination is the art of keeping up with yesterday
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    February 2010
  • The optimist sees the bagel while the pessimist sees the whole
  • Imagination is the best weapon against reality
  • A golden cup has no value if there is nothing to drink
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  • More people would be cowards if they had the courage to be so
  • You can only be young once but you can remain immature forever
  • Life can only be understood backwards, but must be lived forwards
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  • Negotiating is the art of dividing a cake so that everyone thinks they are receiving the biggest slice
  • The lesson is not in the victory but the battle
  • Happiness is not doing what you enjoy, but enjoying what you do
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  • Of those who have nothing to say, only a few remain silent
  • Always look to the future, for that is what affects you next
  • Once the game is over both the King and the Pawn are placed in the same box
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    January 2010
  • Aim for the moon for even if you miss you will land amongst the stars
  • If you believe everything you read you are better off not reading anything
  • The trouble with being punctual is that nobody is there to appreciate it
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  • Fashion is something that goes in one year and out the other
  • Throughout history it has been proven that usually the smartest thing to say and do is nothing
  • Good management is doing things right while good leadership is doing the right thing
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  • Fashion is something that goes in one year and out the other
  • Throughout history it has been proven that usually the smartest thing to say and do is nothing
  • Good management is doing things right while good leadership is doing the right thing
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  • A little late is often too late
  • There is only a fine line between fishing and standing there doing nothing
  • A smile is a little curve that straightens out a lot of worries
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  • Most people start with nothing and keep most of it
  • All events look inevitable after they occur
  • Success usually comes to those too busy to seek it
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