Quotes with half-and-half

Quotes 1841 till 1860 of 25323.

  • Machiavelli A wise man will see to it that his acts always seem voluntary and not done by compulsion, however much he may be compelled by necessity.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Solomon Ibn Gabriel A wise man's question contains half the answer.
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  • Elizabeth Gaskell A wise parent humors the desire for independent action, so as to become the friend and advisor when his absolute rule shall cease.
    Elizabeth Gaskell
    British writer (1810 - 1865)
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  • Alexander Pope A wit with dunces, and a dunce with wits.
    Alexander Pope
    English poet (1688 - 1744)
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  • Alice Stone Blackwell A woman finds the natural lay of the land almost unconsciously; and not feeling it incumbent on her to be guide and philosopher to any successor, she takes little pains to mark the route by which she is making her ascent.
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  • James Stephens A woman is a branchy tree and man a singing wind; and from her branches carelessly he takes what he can find.
    James Stephens
    Irish writer and poet (1882 - 1950)
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  • Betty Friedan A woman is handicapped by her sex, and handicaps society, either by slavishly copying the pattern of man's advance in the professions, or by refusing to compete with man at all.
    Betty Friedan
    American feministisch writer (1921 - 2006)
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  • Virginia Woolf A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Buddha A woman of the world is anxious to exhibit her form and shape, whether walking, standing, sitting, or sleeping. Even when represented as a picture, she desires to captivate with the charms of her beauty and, thus, to rob men of their steadfast heart.
    Buddha
    Spiritual leader, born as Siddhartha Gautama (450 - 370)
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  • Julie Burchill A woman who looks like a girl and thinks like a man is the best sort, the most enjoyable to be and the most pleasurable to have and to hold.
    Julie Burchill
    British journalist, writer
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  • Corra May Harris A woman would rather visit her own grave than the place where she has been young and beautiful after she is aged and ugly.
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  • George Eliot A woman's heart must be of such a size and no larger, else it must be pressed small, like Chinese feet; her happiness is to be made as cakes are, by a fixed receipt.
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Bess Truman A woman's place in public is to sit beside her husband, be silent, and be sure her hat is on straight.
    Bess Truman
    American first lady (1885 - 1982)
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  • John Gray A women under stress is not immediately concerned with finding solutions to her problems but rather seeks relief by expressing herself and being understood.
    John Gray
    American relationship counselor, lecturer and author (1948 - )
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  • Charles Dickens A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
    Charles Dickens
    English writer (1812 - 1870)
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  • Oliver Wendell Holmes A word is not a crystal, transparent and unchanged, it is the skin of a living thought and may vary greatly in color and content according to the circumstances and the time in which it is used.
    Oliver Wendell Holmes
    American writer and poet (1809 - 1894)
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  • Jean François Lyotard A work can become modern only if it is first postmodern. Postmodernism thus understood is not modernism at its end but in the nascent state, and this state is constant.
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  • Robert M. Hutchins A world community can exist only with world communication, which means something more than extensive short-wave facilities scattered ;about the globe. It means common understanding, a common tradition, common ideas, and common ideals.
    Robert M. Hutchins
    American educational philosopher (1899 - 1977)
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  • Bill Bryson A world without newspapers or a world where the newspapers are purely electronic and you read them on a screen is not a very appealing world.
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Margaret Thatcher A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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