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  • In our brief national history we have shot four of our presidents, worried five of them to death, impeached one and hounded another out of office. And when all else fails, we hold an election and assassinate their character.
  • From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.

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  • Horace Anger is a brief lunacy.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Horace Mingle some brief folly with your wisdom.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Miguel de Cervantes Be brief, for no discourse can please when too long.
    Miguel de Cervantes
    Spanish writer and poet (1547 - 1616)
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  • Carl Sagan Be grateful everyday for the brief but magnificent opportunity that life provides.
    Carl Sagan
    American astronomer, cosmologist, astrophysicist and author (1934 - 1996)
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  • Albert Einstein Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Horace When you introduce a moral lesson, let it be brief.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • George Bernard Shaw A nap, my friend, is a brief period of sleep which overtakes superannuated persons when they endeavor to entertain unwelcome visitors or to listen to scientific lectures.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Marcus Tullius Cicero All pain is either severe or slight, if slight, it is easily endured; if severe, it will without doubt be brief.
    Marcus Tullius Cicero
    Roman statesman and writer (106 - 43)
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  • Benjamin Franklin And whether you're an honest man, or whether you're a thief, depends on whose solicitor has given me my brief.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt Be sincere, be brief; be seated.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Jean Rostand Certain brief sentences are peerless in their ability to give one the feeling that nothing remains to be said.
    Jean Rostand
    French writer (1894 - 1977)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Coalitions though successful have always found this, that their triumph has been brief.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Benazir Bhutto Democracy is the best revenge. After Benazir Bhutto's death, her son's brief public remarks were captured on video, and they were reported in international newspapers. Bilawal Bhutto Zardari announced, My mother always said, ' Democracy is the best revenge.'
    Democracy the best revenge, says Bilawal, Dawn (Internet). December 31, 2007/Zilhaj 20, 1428.
    Benazir Bhutto
    Pakistani politician (1953 - 2007)
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  • Virgil Each man has his appointed day: short and irreparable in the brief life of all, but to extend our fame by our deeds, this is the work of mankind.
    Virgil
    Roman poet (70 - 19)
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  • A. C. Swinburne From too much love of living, From hope and fear set free, We thank with brief thanksgiving Whatever gods may be That no life lives for ever; That dead men rise up never; That even the weariest river Winds somewhere safe to sea.
    A. C. Swinburne
    English poet and playwright (1837 - 1909)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer 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.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Bliss Carman Have little care that Life is brief, And less that Art is long. Success is in the silences Though Fame is in the song.
    Bliss Carman
    Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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  • Anthony Weiner Here we have been sitting down for a brief moment and you are already asking me if there are pictures of me in my drawers.
    Anthony Weiner
    American politician (1964 - )
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  • Albert Einstein How strange is the lot of us mortals! Each of us is here for a brief sojourn; for what purpose he knows not, though he senses it. But without deeper reflection one knows from daily life that one exists for other people.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Horace I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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