Quotes 401 till 420 of 561.
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The more you try to explain it out , the less I understand.
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The most difficult We do not deal in facts when we are contemplating ourselves.
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The older I get, the more clearly I remember things that never happened.
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The older we grow the greater becomes our wonder at how much ignorance one can contain without bursting one's clothes.
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The Pause; that impressive silence, that eloquent silence, that geometrically progressive silence which often achieves a desired effect where no combination of words, however so felicitous, could accomplish it.
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The primary function of a constitution was to mark out the boundaries of governmental powers-hence in England, where there was no constitution, there were no limits (save for the effect of trail by jury) to what the legislature might do.
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The principal mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers.
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The public is the only critic whose opinion is worth anything at all.
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The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
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The radical of one century is the conservative of the next. The radical invents the views. When he has worn them out, the conservative adopts them.
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The reports of my death are greatly exaggerated.
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The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as effective as a rightly timed pause.
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The rule is perfect: in all matters of opinion our adversaries are insane.
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The search for the truth for truth's sake is the mark of the historian.
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The secret source of humor itself is not joy but sorrow. There is no humor in heaven.
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The songwriting of Hall & Oates is deceptively complex. There are a number of key changes that pass you by as you're listening to the song because they're so seamless and clever.
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The successful man doesn't use others, other people use the successful man, for above all the success is of service.
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The sure mark of one born with noble qualities is being born without envy.
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The trouble with the world is not that people know too little, but that they know so many things that ain't so.
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