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Quotes 101 till 120 of 560.

  • James Joyce Christopher Columbus, as everyone knows, is honored by posterity because he was the last to discover America.
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Jose Ortega Y Gasset Civilization is nothing more than the effort to reduce the use of force to the last resort.
    Jose Ortega Y Gasset
    Spanish writer and philosopher (1883 - 1955)
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  • Branch Rickey Cobb lived off the field as though he wished to live forever. He lived on the field as though it was his last day.
    Branch Rickey
    American baseball player (1881 - )
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  • Sir Walter Scott Come he slow or come he fast. It is but death who comes at last.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Gilbert Seldes Comedy is the last refuge of the nonconformist mind.
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  • Charlotte Brontë Conventionality is not morality. Self-righteousness is not religion. To attack the first is not to assail the last. To pluck the mask from the face of the Pharisee is not to lift an impious hand to the Crown of Thorns.
    Charlotte Brontë
    British Novelist (1816 - 1855)
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  • Matthew Prior Cured yesterday of my disease, I died last night of my physician.
    Matthew Prior
    British diplomat, poet (1664 - 1721)
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  • Samuel Johnson Curiosity is, in great and generous minds, the first passion and the last.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • John Updike Customs and convictions change; respectable people are the last to know, or to admit, the change, and the ones most offended by fresh reflections of the facts in the mirror of art.
    John Updike
    American writer and criticus (1932 - 2009)
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  • Sir Walter Scott Death - the last sleep? No, it is the final awakening.
    Sir Walter Scott
    British writer and poet (1771 - 1832)
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  • Thomas Wolfe Death the last voyage, the longest, and the best.
    Thomas Wolfe
    American writer and journalist (1900 - 1938)
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  • Billy Graham Death wasn't part of God's original plan for humanity, and the Bible calls death an enemy - the last enemy to be destroyed.
    Billy Graham
    American Evangelist (1918 - 2018)
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  • Lord Palmerston Die, my dear doctor! That's the last thing I shall do!
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  • Henry John Temple Lord Palmerston Die, my dear doctor, that's the last thing I shall do!
    Henry John Temple Lord Palmerston
    British statesman and Prime Minister (1784 - 1865)
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  • H.J.T. Palmerston Die, my dear Doctor,that's the last thing I shall do!
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  • Jacob Bronowski Dissent is the native activity of the scientist, and it has got him into a good deal of trouble in the last years. But if that is cut off, what is left will not be a scientist. And I doubt whether it will be a man.
    Jacob Bronowski
    British Scientist, Author (1908 - 1974)
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  • W. C. Fields Don't worry about your heart, it will last you as long as you live.
    W. C. Fields
    American Actor (1880 - 1946)
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  • Havelock Ellis Dreams are real as long as they last. Can we say more of life?
    Havelock Ellis
    British psychologist (1859 - 1939)
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  • Alfred Lord Tennyson Dreams are true while they last, and do we not live in dreams?
    Alfred Lord Tennyson
    English poet (1809 - 1892)
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  • Brooks Atkinson Drop the last year into the silent limbo of the past. Let it go, for it was imperfect, and thank God that it can go.
    Brooks Atkinson
    American theatre critic (1894 - 1984)
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