Quotes with end-rhyme

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  • John Ruskin Obey something, and you will have a chance to learn what is best to obey. But if you begin by obeying nothing, you will end by obeying the devil and all his invited friends.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Angela Davis Obviously there are some organizations that go out on the street and say we want an end to the capitalist system. But obviously that is not going to happen as a result of just assuming that stance.
    Angela Davis
    American political activist, philosopher, academic, and author (1944 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Bobbi Kristina Brown Of course we had our arguments; we had everything, but at the end of the day, that was still my mother, my confidante - my everything.
    Bobbi Kristina Brown
    American reality television personality, media personality, and singer (1993 - 2015)
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  • Barack Obama Of course, violence will not end with our combat mission. Extremists will continue to set off bombs, attack Iraqi civilians and try to spark sectarian strife. But ultimately, these terrorists will fail to achieve their goals.
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Tennessee Williams Oh, Jacques, we're used to each other, we're a pair of captive hawks caught in the same cage, and so we've grown used to each other. That's what passes for love at this dim, shadowy end of the Camino Real.
    Tennessee Williams
    American playwright (1911 - 1983)
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  • Anita Brookner Old men should have more care to end life well than to live long.
    Anita Brookner
    British Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Caroline Knapp On the broad spectrum of solitude, I lean toward the extreme end: I work alone, as well as live alone, so I can pass an entire day without uttering so much as a hello to another human being. Sometimes a day's conversation consists of only five words, uttered at the local Starbucks: 'Large coffee with milk, please.'
    Caroline Knapp
    American writer and columnist
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes On the whole, I am on the side of the unregenerate who affirms the worth of life as an end in itself, as against the saints who deny it.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Richard Nixon Once one determines that he or she has a mission in life, that's it's not going to be accomplished without a great deal of pain, and that the rewards in the end may not outweigh the pain -if you recognize historically that always happens, then when it comes, you survive it.
    Richard Nixon
    American president (1913 - 1994)
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  • George Sand One approaches the journey's end. But the end is a goal, not a catastrophe.
    George Sand
    French writer (1804 - 1876)
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  • Paul Bourget One must live the way one thinks or end up thinking the way one has lived.
    Paul Bourget
    French writer (1852 - 1935)
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  • Buzz Osborne One of my main problems with music is that the basic formula is always the same: verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, verse, chorus, chorus, chorus, end. One of the bands that changed that was The Beatles. If you listen to 'Everybody's Got Something to Hide Except Me and My Monkey.' It's three verses, bridge, end.
    Buzz Osborne
    American guitarist, vocalist and songwriter (1964 - )
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  • Plato One of the penalties for refusing to participate in politics is that you end up being governed by your inferiors.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Bob Hoskins One of the things I've realised is that I am very simple. My wife asked me once if I loved her. I said: 'Look love, I'm a simple man. I love you. End of story.' But I guess you gotta keep saying it with women. I guess she needed reassurance.
    Bob Hoskins
    English actor (1942 - 2014)
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  • Frederick Farrar One's liberty should end when it becomes the curse of his neighbor.
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  • Woodrow Wilson Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interest of mankind to any narrow interest of their own.
    Woodrow Wilson
    American president (1856 - 1924)
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  • Aeschylus Only when a man's life comes to its end in prosperity dare we pronounce him happy.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Eric Hoffer Our achievements speak for themselves. What we have to keep track of are our failures, discouragements and doubts. We tend to forget the past difficulties, the many false starts, and the painful groping. We see our past achievements as the end results of
    Eric Hoffer
    American writer (1902 - 1983)
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  • Bruce Catton Our American heritage is greater than any one of us. It can express itself in very homely truths; in the end it can lift up our eyes beyond the glow in the sunset skies.
    Bruce Catton
    American historian and journalist (1899 - 1978)
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