Quotes with first-person

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  • William James Whenever two people meet there are really six people present. There is each man as he sees himself, each man as the other person sees him, and each man as he really is.
    William James
    American philosopher (1842 - 1910)
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  • 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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  • David Hume Where ambition can cover its enterprises, even to the person himself, under the appearance of principle, it is the most incurable and inflexible of passions.
    David Hume
    Scottish Philosopher, Historian (1711 - 1776)
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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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  • James Russell Lowell Where one person shapes their life by precept and example, there are a thousand who have shaped it by impulse and circumstances.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Whether a person shows themselves to be a genius in science or in writing a song, the only point is, whether the thought, the discovery, or the deed, is living and can live on.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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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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  • Henry C. Link While one person hesitates because he feels inferior, another is busy making mistakes and becoming superior.
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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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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe Who is the most sensible person? The one who finds what is to their own advantage in all that happens to them.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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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.
    Sermon before the King of England, 31 March 1717
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  • Christopher Marlowe Whoever loved that loved not at first sight?
    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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  • Seneca Why do people not confess vices? It is because they have not yet laid them aside. It is a waking person only who can tell their dreams.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Barbara Kingsolver Why does a person even get up in the morning? You have breakfast, you floss your teeth so you'll have healthy gums in your old age, and then you get in your car and drive down I-10 and die. Life is so stupid I can't stand it.
    Barbara Kingsolver
    American novelist, essayist and poet (1955 - )
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