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Music "Someone to Watch Over Me" performed by Margie Harrell
Landscape near Terling, Essex, UK
Margarets Pages - Tranquility & Words
of Wisdom ..
verse and pictures
Knowledge becomes wisdom only after it has been put to practical use.
Our lives are like a candle in the wind.
Carl Sandburg
Mare and foal, Co Galway, Ireland
Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness.
Sophocoles
A hunch is creativity trying to tell you something.
Looking to Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand
Let your heart guide you.  It whispers, so listen closely. 
The Land before Time
Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.
Helen Keller
I despise the pleasure of pleasing people that I despise.
Lady Mary Wortley Montagu
Glencar Waterfalls, Co Leitrim, Ireland
In literature, as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
Andre Maurois
Think highly of yourself, for the world takes you at your own estimate.
A man who doesn't stand for something will fall for anything.
Peter Marshall
The most important thing in communication is to hear what isn't being said.
Peter F. Drucker
Failure is the opportunity to begin again, more intelligently.
Henry Ford
I can live for two months on a good compliment.
Mark Twain
The Falls, Ennistymon, Co Clare, Ireland
Age does not diminish the extreme disappointment of having a scoop of icecream fall from the cone.
Jim Fiebig
Mt Warning, New South Wales, Australia
Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes than the first four hours of a diet.
Dan Bennett
Experience is the name everyone gives to his mistakes.
Woodrow Wilson
Glengarrif, Co Cork, Ireland
Too much of a good thing is wonderful.
Mae West
The world is your playground.  Why aren't you playing?
Ellie Katz
The Grampians, Victoria, Australia
The most called-upon prerequisite of a friend is an accesible ear.
Maya Angelou
It's not whether you get knocked down.  It's whether you get up again.
Vince Lombardi
Today's greatest labour-saving device is tomorrow.
Tom Wilson
Franz Josef Glacier, New Zealand
Those who bring sunshine to the lives of others cannot keep it from themselves.
James Matthew Barrie
Happiness is good health and a bad memory.
Ingrid Bergman
Some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some hire public relations writers.
Daniel J Boorstin
Masterpiece series, painting by Frank Benson
Page made 20 May 2001
updated 9th February, 2006