Quotes 281 till 300 of 561.
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Marriage is the best state for man in general, and every man is a worst man in proportion to the level he is unfit for marriage.
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Melancholy, indeed, should be diverted by every means but drinking.
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Men and women are limited not by the place of their birth, not by the color of their skin, but by the size of their hope.
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Men know that women are an over-match for them, and therefore they choose the weakest or most ignorant. If they did not think so, they never could be afraid of women knowing as much as themselves.
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Money and time are the heaviest burdens of life, and the unhappiest of all mortals are those who have more of either than they know how to use.
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More knowledge may be gained of a man's real character by a short conversation with one of his servants than from a formal and studied narrative, begun with his pedigree and ended with his funeral.
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Most people come out of their Ph.D. experience trying to prove themselves, trying to get ahead, trying to get published. You're scared everybody else is going to do your research and get your topic.
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Much of the pain and pleasure of mankind arises from the conjectures which every one makes of the thoughts of others; we all enjoy praise which we do not hear, and resent contempt which we do not see.
Idler -
My husband was just OK looking. I was in labor and I said to him, 'What if she's ugly? You're ugly.
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My speaking style was criticised by no less an authority than Arnold Schwarzenegger. It was a low moment, my friends, to have my rhetorical skills denounced by a monosyllabic Austrian cyborg.
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Nature has given women so much power that the law has very wisely given them little.
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Nature makes us poor only when we want necessaries, but custom gives the name of poverty to the want of superfluities.
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Nay, Madam, when you are declaiming, declaim; and when you are calculating, calculate.
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Never in my life did I think I would be congratulated by Mick Jagger for achieving anything.
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Never let a problem to be solved become more important than a person to be loved.
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Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem; I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.
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No government power can be abused long. Mankind will not bear it. There is a remedy in human nature against tyranny, that will keep us safe under every form of government.
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