Quotes with down-on-his-luck

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  • Akhenaton To be satisfied with a little, is the greatest wisdom; and he that increaseth his riches, increaseth his cares; but a contented mind is a hidden treasure, and trouble findeth it not.
    Akhenaton
    Egyptian King, Monotheist (1372 - 1337)
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  • Andrew Cohen To campaign against colonialism is like barking up a tree that has already been cut down.
    Andrew Cohen
    American spiritual teacher (1955 - )
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  • Jami To display his eternal attributes in their inexhaustible variety, the Lord made the green fields of time and space.
    Jami
    Arabic Sufi poet, scholar and writer
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  • Buddha To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • John Oxenham To every man there openeth A way, and ways, and a way. And the high soul climbs the high way, And the low soul gropes the low: And in between, on the misty flats, The rest drift to and fro. But to every man there openeth A high way and a low, And every man decideth. The way his soul shall go.
    John Oxenham
    English journalist, writer and poet (ps. of William Arthur Dunkerley) (1852 - 1941)
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  • William Congreve To find a young fellow that is neither a wit in his own eye, nor a fool in the eye of the world, is a very hard task.
    William Congreve
    British Dramatist (1670 - 1729)
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  • Benjamin Tucker To force a man to pay for the violation of his own liberty is indeed an addition of insult to injury.
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Ruth Gordon To get it right, be born with luck or else make it. Never give up. Get the knack of getting people to help you and also pitch in yourself. A little money helps, but what really gets it right is to never - I repeat - never under any conditions face the facts.
    Ruth Gordon
    American actress (1896 - 1985)
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  • William Ellery Channing To give a generous hope to a man of his own nature, is to enrich him immeasurably.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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  • Marlon Brando To grasp the full significance of life is the actor's duty, to interpret it is his problem, and to express it his dedication.
    Marlon Brando
    American actor, film director, and activist (1924 - 2004)
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  • Joseph Conrad To have his path made clear for him is the aspiration of every human being in our beclouded and tempestuous existence.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Aldous Huxley To his dog, every man is Napoleon; hence the constant popularity of dogs.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Elvis Presley To judge a man by his weakest link or deed is like judging the power of the ocean by one wave.
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    Elvis Presley
    American singer, musician, and actor (1935 - 1977)
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  • Honoré de Balzac To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure.
    Honoré de Balzac
    French writer (1799 - 1850)
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  • George Santayana To knock a thing down, especially if it is cocked at an arrogant angle, is a deep delight to the blood.
    George Santayana
    Spanish - American philosopher (1863 - 1952)
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  • Charles Caleb Colton To know a man, observe how he wins his object, rather than how he loses it; for when we fail, our pride supports; when we succeed; it betrays us.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Eric Hoffer To know a person's religion we need not listen to his profession of faith but must find his brand of intolerance.
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Johann Kaspar Lavater To know yourself you have only to set down a true statement of those that ever loved or hated you.
    Johann Kaspar Lavater
    Swiss theologist and mysticist (1741 - 1801)
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  • Jean Baudrillard To love someone is to isolate him from the world, wipe out every trace of him, dispossess him of his shadow, drag him into a murderous future. It is to circle around the other like a dead star and absorb him into a black light.
    Jean Baudrillard
    French sociologist and philosopher. (1929 - 2007)
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  • Ang Lee To me, Ennis stands for the conservative side of America. He's the biggest homophobe in the whole movie - culturally and psychologically - but by the time he admits his feelings, it's too late.
    Ang Lee
    Taiwanese film director, producer, and screenwriter (1954 - )
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