Be kind to unkind people. They need it the most.

—Ashleigh Brilliant

About Ashleigh Brilliant

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Ashleigh Ellwood Brilliant (December 9, 1933 – September 24, 2025) was a British and American epigrammatist and cartoonist. He was best known for his "Pot-Shots", single-panel illustrations with one-line humorous remarks, which began syndication in the United States in 1975.

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The best reason for having dreams is that in dreams no reasons are necessary.

—Ashleigh Brilliant

It's human to make mistakes and some of us are more human than others.

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It's been a lifelong problem of mine that those I've been closest to are the ones I've had the least influence on. My parents, my sister, my wife, even my cat—or maybe I should say especially my cat—have never really taken me seriously. That may help to explain why I finished up making a career of peddling my thoughts to the world in general. At least the world in general doesn't automatically dismiss anything coming from me, that is, so long as I say it in a neat epigram of 17 words or less.

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There are some things children cannot know, because once they learn them they are no longer children.

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One possible reason why things aren't going according to plan is that there never was a plan.

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We do what we must, and call it by the best names.

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

What's important is people. The people who love us, who need us, who make us feel emotion. That's what's important in life.

—Helen Hardt in Possession

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The time you are most prepared for dating is when you don't need anyone to complete you, fulfill you, or instill in you a sense of worth or purpose.

—Myles Munroe in Waiting and Dating

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Men aren't stupid, and you don't need a complicated set of rules to find a good one who loves you. Here's the only rule you need: if a man loves you, he will do anything he can to keep you around. Anything.

—Kim Gruenenfelder in A Total Waste of Makeup

Who needs a fairytale? In the end, I only want to be happy with a guy I love, and who loves me just as much. That's all I need.

—Cherrie Lynn in Rock Me

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