Quotes 1841 till 1860 of 6287.
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Good order is the foundation of all good things.
Reflections on the Revolution in France (1790) -
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.
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Good work, Mary. We all knew you had it in you.
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Government and cooperation are in all things the laws of life. Anarchy and competition, the laws of death.
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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.
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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.
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Gracious to all, to none subservient, Without offense he spoke the word he meant.
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Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power.
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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.
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Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the others.
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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.
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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.
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Great men hallow a whole people, and lift up all who live in their time.
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Great minds are related to the brief span of time during which they live as great buildings are to a little square in which they stand: you cannot see them in all their magnitude because you are standing too close to them.
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Greatness, in order to gain recognition, must all too often consent to ape greatness.
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Greed is all right, by the way. I think greed is healthy. You can be greedy and still feel good about yourself.
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Green politics at its worst amounts to a sort of Zen fascism; less extreme, it denounces growth and seeks to stop the world so that we can all get off.
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