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Force is all-conquering, but its victories are short-lived.
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Force never moves in a straight line, but always in a curve vast as the universe, and therefore eventually returns whence it issued forth, but upon a higher arc, for the universe has progressed since it started.
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Forced from home, and all its pleasures, afric coast I left forlorn; to increase a stranger's treasures, o the raging billows borne. Men from England bought and sold me, paid my price in paltry gold; but, though theirs they have enroll'd me, minds are never to be sold.
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Forcible ways make not an end of evil, but leave hatred and malice behind them.
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Forecasting is simply not a strength of the species; we are much better with tools and narrative storytelling.
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Forget and forgive. This is not difficult when properly understood. It means forget inconvenient duties, then forgive yourself for forgetting. By rigid practice and stern determination, it comes easy.
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Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair.
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Forgive you? - Oh, of course, dear, a dozen times a week! We women were created forgiveness but to speak.
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Forgive your enemies, but never forget their names.
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Forgiveness is always free. But that doesn't mean that confession is always easy. Sometimes it is hard. Incredibly hard. It is painful to admit our sins and entrust ourselves to God's care.
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Formerly we used to canonize our heroes. The modern method is to vulgarize them. Cheap editions of great books may be delightful, but cheap editions of great men are absolutely detestable.
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Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was business; but now when great fortunes are only made by business: Business is war!
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Fortunate people often have very favorable beginnings and very tragic endings. What matters isn't being applauded when you arrive - for that is common - but being missed when you leave.
The Art of Worldly Wisdom -
Fortunately the Italian people has not yet accustomed itself to eat many times a day, and possessing a modest level of living, it feels deficiency and suffering less.
As quoted in Garlic and Oil : Food and Politics in Italy -
Fortune can take away riches, but not courage.
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Fortune cannot be flattered by such fetish worship. But she can be wooed and won by hard work.
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