Quotes with forego

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• Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

  ― Benjamin Disraeli
  English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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• That does not mean that we must forego just and fair criticism, or refrain from opposition to policies which are debatable or which do not command our approval.

  ― Bainbridge Colby
  American politician and attorney (1869 - 1950)
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• There is no reason why marriage should necessarily compel an actress to forego her career.

  ― Billie Burke
  American actress (1884 - 1970)
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• To endure is greater than to dare; to tire out hostile fortune; to be daunted by no difficulty; to keep heart when all have lost it; to go through intrigue spotless; to forego even ambition when the end is gained - who can say this is not greatness?

  ― W. M. Thackeray
  Indian-born, British novelist (1811 - 1863)
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• Self-denial is indulgence of a propensity to forego.

  ― Ambrose Bierce
  American writer (1842 - 1914)
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Subjects in these quotes:

• opportunity
• necessarily
• self-denial
• indulgence
• propensity
• greatness

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