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  • James Cash Penney I would never have amounted to anything were it not for adversity. I was forced to come up the hard way.
    James Cash Penney
    American businessman and entrepreneur (1875 - 1971)
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  • Abraham Cowley I would not fear nor wish my fate,
    But boldly say each night,
    To-morrow let my sun his beams display,
    Or in clouds hide them; I have lived today.
    Abraham Cowley
    English poet (1618 - 1667)
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  • Samuel Johnson I would not give half a guinea to live under one form of government rather than another. It is of no moment to the happiness of an individual.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Jean de la Bruyère I would not like to see a person who is sober, moderate, chaste and just say that there is no God. They would speak disinterestedly at least, but such a person is not to be found.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Marcus Valerius Martial I would not miss your face, your neck, your hands, your limbs, your bosom and certain other of your charms. Indeed, not to become boring by naming them all, I could do without you, Chloe, altogether.
    Marcus Valerius Martial
    Latin poet and epigrammatist (40 - 104)
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  • Anne Bronte I would not send a poor girl into the world, ignorant of the snares that beset her path; nor would I watch and guard her, till, deprived of self-respect and self-reliance, she lost the power or the will to watch and guard herself .
    Anne Bronte
    British writer (1820 - 1849)
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  • Henry David Thoreau I would not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Elbert Hubbard I would rather be able to appreciate things I can not have than to have things I am not able to appreciate.
    Elbert Hubbard
    American writer and publisher (1856 - 1915)
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  • Samuel Johnson I would rather be attacked than unnoticed. For the worst thing you can do to an author is to be silent as to his works. An assault upon a town is a bad thing; but starving it is still worse.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bobby Fischer I would rather be free in my mind, and be locked up in a prison cell, than to be a coward and not be able to say what I want.
    (1999)
    Bobby Fischer
    American chess grandmaster (1943 - 2008)
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  • Robert Green Ingersoll I would rather live and love where death is king than have eternal life where love is not.
    Robert Green Ingersoll
    American lawyer, a Civil War veteran and politician (1833 - 1899)
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  • Plato I would rather not be a king than to forfeit my liberty.
    Phaedrus
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Albert Speer I would rather not tell you here things which every German has at heart.
    Albert Speer
    German architect and Minister of Armaments during WWII (1905 - 1981)
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  • John Keats I would sooner fail than not be among the greatest.
    John Keats
    English poet (1795 - 1821)
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  • William Shakespeare I would there were no age between ten and three-and-twenty, or that youth would sleep out the rest; for there is nothing in the between but getting wenches with child, wronging the anciently, stealing, fighting.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Thomas Moore I would uphold the law if for no other reason but to protect myself.
    Thomas Moore
    Irish poet (1779 - 1852)
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  • Baruch Spinoza I would warn you that I do not attribute to nature either beauty or deformity, order or confusion. Only in relation to our imagination can things be called beautiful or ugly, well-ordered or confused.
    Baruch Spinoza
    Dutch philosopher (1632 - 1677)
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  • David Jenkins I wouldn't put it past God to arrange a virgin birth if He wanted, but I very much doubt if He would.
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  • Hunter S. Thompson I wouldn't recommend sex, drugs or insanity for everyone, but they've always worked for me.
    Hunter S. Thompson
    American journalist (1937 - 2005)
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  • Bette Midler I wouldn't say I invented tack, but I definitely brought it to its present high popularity.
    Bette Midler
    American singer, songwriter, actress and comedian (1945 - )
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