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Nobody, from that standpoint, is any luckier than I am or will ever be any luckier than I am. It's great.
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Nobody, I think, ought to read poetry, or look at pictures or statues, who cannot find a great deal more in them than the poet or artist has actually expressed. Their highest merit is suggestiveness.
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Non-violence is the greatest force at the disposal of mankind. It is mightier than the mightiest weapon of destruction devised by the ingenuity of man.
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None are more taken in by flattery than the proud, who wish to be the first and are not.
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None are more unjust in their judgments of others than those who have a high opinion of themselves.
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None but a poet can write a tragedy. For tragedy is nothing less than pain transmuted into exaltation by the alchemy of poetry.
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None can less afford to delay than the aged sinner. Now is the time. Now or never. You have, as it were, one foot already in the grave. Your opportunities will soon be over. Strive, then, I entreat you, to enter in at the strait gate.
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Nor do they trust their tongue alone, but speak a language of their own; can read a nod, a shrug, a look, far better than a printed book; convey a libel in a frown, and wink a reputation down.
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Nor has his death the world deceiv'd than his wondrous life surprise d; if he like a madman liv'd least he like a wise one dy'd.
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Nor ought a genius less than his that writ attempt translation.
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Not peace at any price! Chains are worse than bayonets.
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Not to be cheered by praise, not to be grieved by blame, but to know thoroughly ones own virtues or powers are the characteristics of an excellent man.
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Nothing amuses me more than the easy manner with which everybody settles the abundance of those who have a great deal less than themselves.
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Nothing annoys a woman more than to have company drop in unexpectedly and find the house looking as it usually does.
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Nothing can add more power to your life than concentrating all your energies on a limited set of targets.
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Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.
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Nothing can be more contemptible than to suppose Public Records to be true.
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Nothing can be more destructive to ambition, and the passion for conquest, than the true system of astronomy. What a poor thing is even the whole globe in comparison of the infinite extent of nature!
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Nothing can be more obvious than all animals were created solely and exclusively for the use of man.
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Nothing can confound a wise man more than laughter from a dunce.
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