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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