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You may die of a misprint.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a12006/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/6/12006.v3.jpg" alt="Mark Twain"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Mark Twain</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="013420"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-code share_quote_code" data-toggle="modal" data-target="#popup_embed" qurl="/a12006/013420/" qimage="//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3030/78880.v1.jpg" title="Get code for embedding"> </button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="013420" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a12006/013420/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Be%20careful%20about%20reading%20health%20books.%20You%20may%20die%20of%20a%20misprint.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa12006%2F013420%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-pntrst" data-url="https://pinterest.com/pin/create/link/?media=//cdn.citatis.com/img/q/3030/78880.v1.jpg&description=Be%20careful%20about%20reading%20health%20books.%20You%20may%20die%20of%20a%20misprint." title="Share to Pinterest"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/48/">Die</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/457/">Reading</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/325/">Health</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a307/3219a/">If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a307/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/13/307.v8.jpg" alt="Quentin Crisp"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Quentin Crisp</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="3219a"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="3219a" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a307/3219a/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=If%20at%20first%20you%20don%27t%20succeed%2C%20failure%20may%20be%20your%20style.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa307%2F3219a%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/634/">Style</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/670/">Failure</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/771/">Succeed</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a5873/11bea0/">Elvis may be the King of Rock and Roll, but I am the Queen.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a5873/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/11/5873.v7.jpg" alt="Little Richard"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Little Richard</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="11bea0"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="11bea0" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a5873/11bea0/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=Elvis%20may%20be%20the%20King%20of%20Rock%20and%20Roll%2C%20but%20I%20am%20the%20Queen.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa5873%2F11bea0%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/1152/">Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/247/">King</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1728/">Rock And Roll</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a17520/01af71/">May He support us all the day long, till the shades lengthen, and the evening comes, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done! Then in His mercy may He give us safe lodging, and a holy rest, and peace at the last!</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a17520/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/10/17520.v2.jpg" alt="John Henry Newman"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">John Henry Newman</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="01af71"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="01af71" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a17520/01af71/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=May%20He%20support%20us%20all%20the%20day%20long%2C%20till%20the%20shades%20lengthen%2C%20and%20the%20evening%20comes%2C%20and%20the%20busy%20world%20is%20hushed%2C%20and%20the%20fever%20of%20life%20is%20over%2C%20and%20our%20work%20is%20done%21%20Then%20in%20His%20mercy%20may%20He%20give%20us%20safe%20lodging%2C%20and%20a%20holy%20rest%2C%20and%20peace%20at%20the%20last%21&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa17520%2F01af71%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/145/">Life</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/115/">World</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/10/">Work</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a8149/27c55/">In the chilly hours and minutes Of uncertainty I want to be In the warm hold of your lovin' mind. To feel you all around me And to take your hand Along the sand, Ah, but I may as well try and catch the wind.</a> </blockquote> <cite itemprop="spokenByCharacter" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Person"> <a href="/a8149/"> <figure class="character-image"> <img itemprop="image" src="//cdn.citatis.com/img/a/15/8149.v3.jpg" alt="Donovan"> </figure> <span class="cite-src" itemprop="name">Donovan</span> </a> </cite> <ul class="quotes-item__options"> <li> <button class="i-favorite popup-toggle" onclick="event.stopImmediatePropagation(); $('#popup_auth').modal('show');" title="Add to Favorites" qid="27c55"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__share" data-id="27c55" itemtype="quote"> <li> <button class="i-fb" data-url="https://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://citatis.com/a8149/27c55/" title="Share to Facebook"></button> </li> <li> <button class="i-tw" data-url="https://twitter.com/share?text=In%20the%20chilly%20hours%20and%20minutes%20Of%20uncertainty%20I%20want%20to%20be%20In%20the%20warm%20hold%20of%20your%20lovin%27%20mind.%20To%20feel%20you%20all%20around%20me%20And%20to%20take%20your%20hand%20Along%20the%20sand%2C%20Ah%2C%20but%20I%20may%20as%20well%20try%20and%20catch%20the%20wind.&url=https%3A%2F%2Fcitatis.com%2Fa8149%2F27c55%2F" title="Share to Twitter"></button> </li> </ul> <ul class="quotes-item__tags"> <li><a href="/topic/128/">Mind</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/376/">Hand</a></li> <li><a href="/topic/1389/">Wind</a></li> </ul>  </li> <li class="quotes-item" itemscope="" itemtype="http://schema.org/Quotation"> <blockquote itemprop="text"> <a href="/a1562/246da/">I do not care how brave a president is; I do not care how many medals he may wear. I do not care how well trained his guards may be. 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