Quotes with english-only

Quotes 1581 till 1600 of 3972.

  • Carl von Clausewitz Knowledge in war is very simple, being concerned with so few subjects, and only with their final results at that. But this does not make its application easy.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Napoleon Hill Knowledge is only potential power.
    Napoleon Hill
    American self-help author (1883 - 1970)
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  • Daniel Webster Knowledge is the only fountain both of love and the principles of human liberty.
    Daniel Webster
    American lawyer and statesman (1782 - 1852)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Labor is prior to, and independent of, capital. Capital is only the fruit of labor, and could never have existed if labor had not first existed. Labor is the superior of capital, and deserves much the higher consideration. Capital has its rights, which are as worthy of protection as any other rights.
    Works of Abraham Lincoln (2010 edition)
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Camille Paglia Lacan is a tyrant who must be driven from our shores. Narrowly trained English professors who know nothing of art history or popular culture think they can just wade in with Lacan and trash everything in sight.
    Sex, Art and American Culture : New Essays (1992)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Margaret Mitchell Land is the only thing in the world that amounts to anything, for 'Tis the only thing in this world that lasts, 'Tis the only thing worth working for, worth fighting for - worth dying for.
    Margaret Mitchell
    American writer (1900 - 1949)
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  • Carol Windley Language and written language are the only real way we have to see inside another person's thoughts and to know what makes another person human. Without writing, we just wouldn't have that kind of access.
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  • Humphrey Davy Language is not only the vehicle of thought, it is a great and efficient instrument in thinking.
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  • Samuel Johnson Language is only the instrument of science, and words are but the signs of ideas.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Cormac McCarthy Last words are only words.
    Cormac McCarthy
    American novelist, playwright, short-story writer, and screenwriter (1933 - 2023)
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  • Suzanne Lafollette Laws are felt only when the individual comes into conflict with them.
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  • Jeremy Bentham Lawyers are the only persons in whom ignorance of the law is not punished.
    Jeremy Bentham
    English philosopher, jurist, and social reformer (1748 - 1832)
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  • Denis Waitley Learn from the past, set vivid, detailed goals for the future, and live in the only moment of time over which you have any control: now.
    Denis Waitley
    American motivational speaker, writer and consultant (1933 - )
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  • Anthony J. D'Angelo Learn not only to find what you like, learn to like what you find.
    Anthony J. D'Angelo
    American writer
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  • Lord Chesterfield Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the world, is only to be acquired by reading men, and studying all the various facets of them.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes Leisure only means a chance to do other jobs that demand attention.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • A. J. P. Taylor Lenin was the first to discover that capitalism 'inevitably' caused war; and he discovered this only when the First World War was already being fought. Of course he was right. Since every great state was capitalist in 1914.
    A. J. P. Taylor
    British historian (1906 - 1990)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton Let a man walk ten miles steadily on a hot summer's day along a dusty English road, and he will soon discover why beer was invented.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • W. M. Thackeray Let a man who has to make his fortune in life remember this maxim: Attacking is the only secret. Dare and the world yields, or if it beats you sometimes, dare it again and you will succeed.
    W. M. Thackeray
    Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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