Quotes 381 till 400 of 561.
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Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.
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Surely life, if it be not long, is tedious, since we are forced to call in the assistance of so many trifles to rid us of our time, of that time which never can return.
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That fellow seems to me to possess but one idea, and that is a wrong one.
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That is the best case for Bush; that, among other things, he liberated Iraq. It is good enough for me.
Daily Telegraph 26 February 2004 -
That is the happiest conversation where there is no competition, no vanity, but a calm quiet interchange of sentiments.
bij Boswell -
That kind of life is most happy which affords us most opportunities of gaining our own esteem.
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That observation which is called knowledge of the world will be found much more frequently to make men cunning than good.
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That we must all die, we always knew; I wish I had remembered it sooner.
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That which is to be loved long must be loved with reason rather than with passion.
Idler -
The advice that is wanted is commonly not welcome and that which is not wanted, evidently an effrontery.
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The applause of a single human being is of great consequence.
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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed.
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
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The closed mind, if closed long enough, can be opened by nothing short of dynamite.
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The covetous man never has money. The prodigal will have none shortly.
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The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, for we that live to please, must please to live.
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The dreadful truth is that when people come to see their MP, they have run out of better ideas.
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The euro has become a means by which superior German productivity is able to gain an absolutely unbeatable advantage over the whole eurozone territory.
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