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Quotes 1881 till 1900 of 3972.

  • Ralph Waldo Emerson No law can be sacred to me but that of my nature. Good and bad are but names very readily transferable to that or this; the only right is what is after my own constitution; the only wrong what is against it.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • John Ruskin No lying knight or lying priest ever prospered in any age, but especially not in the dark ones. Men prospered then only in following an openly declared purpose, and preaching candidly beloved and trusted creeds.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Mary Wollstonecraft No man chooses evil because it is evil; he only mistakes it for happiness.
    Mary Wollstonecraft
    British feministisch writer (1759 - 1797)
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  • Henry Miller No man is great enough or wise enough for any of us to surrender our destiny to. The only way in which anyone can lead us is to restore to us the belief in our own guidance.
    Henry Miller
    American writer (1891 - 1980)
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  • Ben Johnson No man is so foolish but he may sometimes give another good counsel, and no man so wise that he may not easily err if he takes no other counsel than his own. He that is taught only by himself has a fool for a master.
    Ben Johnson
    English playwright and poet (1572 - 1637)
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  • Gloria Steinem No matter how hard I worked, whatever I accomplished was attributed to my looks. If you're working your ass off, then you don't want to be told that you only got whatever because of the way you look. It takes the heart out of you.
    Gloria Steinem
    American feminist writer (1934 - )
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  • Henry Ward Beecher No matter what looms ahead, if you can eat today, enjoy the sunlight today, mix good cheer with friends today, enjoy it and bless God for it. Do not look back on happiness - or dream of it in the future. You are only sure of today; do not let yourself be cheated out of it.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Russell H. Conwell No matter what you do, do it to your utmost. I always attribute my success to always requiring myself to do my level best, if only in driving a tack in straight.
    Russell H. Conwell
    American Baptist minister, lawyer, and writer
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  • Kofi Annan No nation can make itself secure by seeking supremacy over all others. We all share responsibility for each other's security, and only by working to make each other secure can we hope to achieve lasting security for ourselves.
    (2006)
    Kofi Annan
    Ghanaian diplomat (1938 - 2018)
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  • Paul Gallico No one can be as calculatedly rude as the British, which amazes Americans, who do not understand studied insult and can only offer abuse as a substitute.
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  • John Ruskin No one can become rich by the efforts of only their toil, but only by the discovery of some method of taxing the labor of others.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Winston Churchill No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Marilyn Ferguson No one can persuade another to change. Each of us guards a gate of change that can only be opened from the inside. We cannot open the gate of another, either by argument or emotional appeal.
    Marilyn Ferguson
    American author, editor and public speaker (1938 - 2008)
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  • James Baldwin No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening, each time, for the first time, for the only time.
    James Baldwin
    American writer (1924 - 1987)
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  • Marie Beyon Ray No one grows old by living. Only by losing interest in living.
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  • Bobbi Kristina Brown No one knows what an amazing spirit she was. She wasn't only a mother; she was a best friend.
    Bobbi Kristina Brown
    American reality television personality, media personality, and singer (1993 - 2015)
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  • John Steinbeck No one wants advice, only corroboration.
    John Steinbeck
    American author (1902 - 1968)
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  • Margaret Thatcher No one would remember the Good Samaritan if he only had good intentions. He had money as well.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • George Orwell No one, at any rate no English writer, has written better about childhood than Dickens.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • John Ruskin No person who is not a great sculptor or painter can be an architect. If he is not a painter or sculptor, he can only be a builder.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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