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Quotes 1741 till 1760 of 1835.

  • George Bernard Shaw Whenever you wish to do anything against the law, Cicely, always consult a good solicitor first.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Christopher Marlowe Where both deliberate, the love is slight: Who ever lov'd, that lov'd not at first sight?
    Christopher Marlowe
    British Dramatist, Poet (1564 - 1593)
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  • Alva Myrdal Where do these arms come from, these Saturday night specials that constitute the instrument of threats in bank robberies, or the hand grenades used by terrorists? How can their sales and their import be permitted?
    Alva Myrdal
    Swedish sociologist, diplomat and politician (1902 - 1986)
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  • Bliss Carman Whether it be to failure or success; the first need of being is endurance - to endure with gladness if we can, with fortitude in any event.
    Bliss Carman
    Canadian poet (1861 - 1929)
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  • William S. Burroughs Which came first the intestine or the tapeworm?
    William S. Burroughs
    American writer and artist (1914 - 1997)
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  • Arthur Rock Which, the first meeting with anybody is, you know, everybody is on their best behavior. It's only after you get to know them for a while that you figure out.
    Arthur Rock
    American businessman and investor (1926 - )
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  • Boyle Roche While I write this letter, I have a pistol in one hand and a sword in the other.
    Boyle Roche
    Irish politician
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  • Oscar Wilde While one should always study the method of a great artist, one should never imitate his manner. The manner of an artist is essentially individual, the method of an artist is absolutely universal. The first is personality, which no one should copy; the second is perfection, which all should aim at.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Bill Condon While that wasn't first and foremost in my mind, you can't get into this without being struck, on one side, by how far we've come, and then the other side, by how little things have changed.
    Bill Condon
    American director and screenwriter (1955 - )
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  • Christopher Marlowe Who ever loved that loved not at first sight?
    Christopher Marlowe
    British Dramatist, Poet (1564 - 1593)
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  • A. E. Housman Who made the world I cannot tell;
    'Tis made, and here am I in hell.
    My hand, though now my knuckles bleed,
    I never soiled with such a deed.
    Source: More Poems (1936) No. 19, st. 2
    A. E. Housman
    British poet (1859 - 1936)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh Who so taketh in hand to frame any state or government ought to presuppose that all men are evil, and at occasions will show themselves so to be.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Mark Twain Whoever has lived long enough to find out what life is, knows how deep a debt of gratitude we owe to Adam, the first great benefactor of our race. He brought death into the world.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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  • Benjamin Hoadly Whoever hath an absolute authority to interpret any written or spoken laws, it is He who is truly the Law Giver to all intents and purposes, and not the Person who first wrote or spoke them.
    Source: Sermon before the King of England, 31 March 1717
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  • Christopher Marlowe Whoever loved that loved not at first sight?
    Source: Hero and Leander
    Christopher Marlowe
    British Dramatist, Poet (1564 - 1593)
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  • Cyril Connolly Whom the gods wish to destroy they first call promising.
    Cyril Connolly
    British criticus (1903 - 1974)
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  • Asa Gray Why is it not just as likely that there were as many small general nearly at first as now, and as great a disproportion in the number of their species?
    Asa Gray
    American botanist (1810 - 1888)
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  • Bonnie Blair Winning doesn't always mean being first. Winning means you're doing better than you've ever done before.
    Bonnie Blair
    American athlete and speed skater (1964 - )
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  • Abigail Van Buren Wisdom doesn't automatically come with old age. Nothing does - except wrinkles. It's true, some wines improve with age. But only if the grapes were good in the first place.
    Abigail Van Buren
    American advice columnist and radio show host (1918 - 2013)
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  • G. C. Lichtenberg With a pen in my hand I have successfully stormed bulwarks from which others armed with sword and excommunication have been repulsed.
    G. C. Lichtenberg
    German writer and physicist (1742 - 1799)
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