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Quotes 221 till 225 of 225.

• An ordinary man away from home giving advice.

  Oscar Wilde
  Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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• No man lives without jostling and being jostled; in all ways he has to elbow himself through the world, giving and receiving offence.

  Thomas Carlyle
  Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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• Our greatest weakness lies in giving up. The most certain way to succeed is always to try just one more time.

  Thomas Alva Edison
  American inventor and founder of General Electric (1847 - 1931)
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• Those who are unhappy have no need for anything in this world but people capable of giving them their attention.

  Simone Weil
  French philosopher (1909 - 1943)
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• Old men are fond of giving good advice to console themselves for their inability to give bad examples.

  Francois de la Rochefoucauld
  French writer (1613 - 1680)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• themselves
• attention
• inability
• weakness
• anything
• examples

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