Quotes 301 till 320 of 387.
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The scenery in the play was beautiful, but the actors got in front of it.
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The scripture in times of disputes is like an open town in times of war, which serves in differently the occasions of both parties.
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The three grand essentials of happiness are: Something to do, someone to love, and something to hope for.
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The travel writer seeks the world we have lost - the lost valleys of the imagination.
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The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God; and, however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed, it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing, they seldom judge or determine right.
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The weapon of the advocate is the sword of the soldier, not the dagger of the assassin.
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The wonder we often express at our neighbours keeping dull company, would lessen if we reflected that most people seek companions less to be talked to, than to talk.
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The world awaits Beijing's hosting of the 2008 Olympics, an occasion which will bring into the global spotlight the dramatic advances China is making in enhancing the quality of life for its people.
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The world is not so much in need of new thoughts as that when thought grows old and worn with usage it should, like current coin, be called in, and, from the mint of genius, reissued fresh and new.
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There are few successful adults who were not first successful children.
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There goes a saying, and 'twas shrewdly said, ''Old fish at table, but young flesh in bed.''
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There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
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There is no ghost so difficult to lay as the ghost of an injury.
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There is no such thing in anyone's life as an unimportant day.
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There is nothing in the world more stubborn than a corpse: you can hit it, you can knock it to pieces, but you cannot convince it.
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