Quotes with holier-than-thou

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  • Henry Louis Mencken Bachelors know more about women than married men; if they didn't they'd be married too.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Bonnie Bassler Bacteria are single-celled organisms. Bacteria are the model organisms for everything that we know in higher organisms. There are 10 times more bacterial cells in you or on you than human cells.
    Bonnie Bassler
    American molecular biologist
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  • Oscar Wilde Bad art is a great deal worse than no art at all.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Oscar Wilde Bad artists always admire each other's work. They call it being large-minded and free from prejudice. But a truly great artist cannot conceive of life being shown, or beauty fashioned, under any conditions other than those he has selected.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Carroll Baker Bad directors are the ones who want to tell you every move, and think they're a better actor than you.
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  • George Orwell Bad writers are nearly always haunted by the notion that Latin or Greek words are grander than Saxon ones.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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  • Thomas Jefferson Banking establishments are more dangerous than standing armies.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Sir Walter Raleigh Be advised what thou dost discourse of, and what thou maintainest whether touching religion, state, or vanity; for if thou err in the first, thou shalt be accounted profane; if in the second, dangerous; if in the third, indiscreet and foolish.
    Sir Walter Raleigh
    British courtier, writer (1552 - 1618)
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  • Francis Quarles Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou hast pleased thyself, there thou abidest.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Alan Alda Be as smart as you can, but remember that it is always better to be wise than to be smart.
    Alan Alda
    American actor, director, screenwriter, and author. (1936 - )
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  • Micheal Mescon Be it furniture, clothes, or health care, many industries today are marketing nothing more than commodities - no more, no less. What will make the difference in the long run is the care and feeding of customers.
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  • C. S. Lewis Be not deceived, Wormwood, our cause is never more in jeopardy than when a human, no longer desiring but still intending to do our Enemy's will, looks round upon a universe in which every trace of Him seems to have vanished, and asks why he has been forsaken, and still obeys.
    The Screwtape Letters (1942)
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Socrates Be slow to fall into friendship; but when thou art in, continue firm and constant.
    Socrates
    Greek philosopher (469 - 399)
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  • H. Jackson Brown Jr Be smarter than other people, just don't tell them so.
    H. Jackson Brown Jr
    American author (1940 - 2021)
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  • Francis Bacon Be so true to thyself as thou be not false to others.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Homer Be still my heart; thou hast known worse than this.
    Homer
    Greek poet (850 - 750)
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  • Sir Thomas Browne Be substantially great in thyself, and more than thou appearest unto others.
    Sir Thomas Browne
    British author, physician and philosopher (1605 - 1682)
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  • Christina Rossetti Be the green grass above me, with showers and dewdrops wet; and if thou wilt, remember, and if thou wilt, forget.
    Christina Rossetti
    British poet (1830 - 1894)
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  • Akhenaton Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou
    Akhenaton
    Egyptian King, Monotheist (1372 - 1337)
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  • Lord Chesterfield Be wiser than other people, if you can; but do not tell them so.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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