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Quotes 1941 till 1960 of 6781.

  • Bette Davis Good actors I've worked with all started out making faces in a mirror, and you keep making faces all your life.
    Id love to kiss you-- : conversations with Bette Davis
    Bette Davis
    American Actress, Producer (1908 - 1989)
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  • John Locke Good and evil, reward and punishment, are the only motives to a rational creature: these are the spur and reins whereby all mankind are set on work, and guided.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • Thomas Carlyle Good breeding differs, if at all, from high breeding only as it gracefully remembers the rights of others, rather than gracefully insists on its own rights.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Aristotle Good habits formed at youth make all the difference.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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  • Edmund Burke Good order is the foundation of all good things.
    Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790)
    Edmund Burke
    English politician and philosopher (1729 - 1797)
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  • Plato Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly, while bad people will find a way around the laws.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Good poetry seems too simple and natural a thing that when we meet it we wonder that all men are not always poets. Poetry is nothing but healthy speech.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Dorothy Parker Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
    Dorothy Parker
    American humoristic writer (1893 - 1967)
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  • John Ruskin Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Percy Bysshe Shelley Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
    Percy Bysshe Shelley
    English poet (1792 - 1822)
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  • Henry David Thoreau Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Thomas B. Aldrich Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant.
    Thomas B. Aldrich
    American writer, editor (1836 - 1907)
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  • Joan Didion Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
    Joan Didion
    American Essayist (1934 - 2021)
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  • Beth Ditto Granny Ditto always referred to perfume as 'smell good' and for me it's an essential. I have a sweetheart who's extremely allergic to most scents, so I have to be extra careful - as well as creative - in the smell department. The key, I've found, are essential oils, which come in all kinds of 100% natural scents.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • George Herbert Grasp not at much, for fear thou losest all.
    George Herbert
    English poet (1593 - 1633)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Edward F. Halifax Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it.
    Edward F. Halifax
    British Conservative Statesman (1881 - 1959)
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  • Napoleon Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principals which direct them.
    Napoleon
    French Emperor (1769 - 1821)
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  • Robert Frost Great events yield all but imperceptible effects.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Warren Buffett Great investment opportunities come around when excellent companies are surrounded by unusual circumstances that cause the stock to be misappraised.
    Warren Buffett
    American investment entrepreneur (1930 - )
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