Quotes with holier-than-thou

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  • Malcolm Forbes Presence is more than just being there.
    Malcolm Forbes
    American businessman and publisher (Forbes Magazine) (1919 - 1990)
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  • William Shakespeare Present fears are less than horrible imaginings.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Prevention is better than cure.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Pride costs more than hunger, thirst and cold.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Machiavelli Princes and governments are far more dangerous than other elements within society.
    Machiavelli
    Florentine state philosopher (1469 - 1527)
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  • Stephen R. Covey Private victories precede public victories. You can't invert that process any more than you can harvest a crop before you plant it.
    Stephen R. Covey
    American educator, author and businessman (1932 - 2012)
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  • A. R. Ammons Probably all the attention to poetry results in some value, though the attention is more often directed to lesser than to greater values.
    Set in motion: essays, interviews, and dialogues (1996 edition), Univ of Michigan Pr
    A. R. Ammons
    American poet (1926 - 2001)
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  • Lionel Trilling Probably it is impossible for humor to be ever a revolutionary weapon. Candide can do little more than generate irony.
    Lionel Trilling
    American Critic (1905 - 1975)
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  • Bruce Forsyth Probably more than anybody else, I loved Nat 'King' Cole as a performer - not only his singing but his piano playing. Whenever he had a new record come out, I'd get it and try to learn how he was playing. And he was one of the nicest people I'd ever met.
    Bruce Forsyth
    British presenter, actor, comedian, singer, dancer and screenwriter (1928 - 2017)
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  • Samuel Beckett Probably nothing in the world arouses more false hopes Than the first four hours of a diet.
    Samuel Beckett
    Irish dramatist and novelist (1906 - 1989)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Proclaim not all thou knowest, all thou knowest, all thou hast, nor all thou cans't.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Brion James Producing is nothing more than bringing all the elements together, connecting people.
    Brion James
    American actor (1945 - 1999)
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  • A. A. Milne Promise me you'll always remember: You're braver than you believe, and stronger than you seem, and smarter than you think.
    A. A. Milne
    English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books (1882 - 1956)
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  • Tacitus Prosperity is the measure or touchstone of virtue, for it is less difficult to bear misfortune than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.
    Tacitus
    Roman senator and historian (56 - 117)
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  • Bernard of Clairvaux Prostrate, see Thy cross I grasp,
    And Thy pierced feet I clasp;
    Gracious Jesus, spurn me not;
    On me, with compassion fraught,
    Let Thy glances fall.
    Thy cross of agony,
    My Beloved, look on me;
    Turn me wholly unto Thee;
    Be thou whole, say openly:
    I forgive thee all.
    Bernard of Clairvaux
    Burgundian abbot (1090 - 1153)
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  • Samuel Johnson Prudence operates on life in the same manner as rule of composition; it produces vigilance rather than elevation; rather prevents loss than procures advantage; and often miscarriages, but seldom reaches either power or honor.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Barry Eisler Psychologically, it's always more pleasurable to blame others for our problems than it is to acknowledge our own responsibility.
    Barry Eisler
    American novelist
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  • Carolyn McCarthy Public housing is more than just a place to live, public housing programs should provide opportunities to residents and their families.
    Carolyn McCarthy
    American nurse and politician (1944 - )
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  • George Chapman Pure innovation is more gross than error.
    George Chapman
    English writer and poet (1559 - 1634)
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  • Bryan Batt Put every light you have on a dimmer. Because after a certain age, we can play with the lighting and set it on how you look best on it. It's cheaper than plastic surgery.
    Bryan Batt
    American actor (1963 - )
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