Quotes with long-jump

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  • Charles Caleb Colton He that will believe only what he can fully comprehend must have a long head or a very short creed.
    Charles Caleb Colton
    English writer (1777 - 1832)
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  • Damon Runyon I came to the conclusion long ago that all life is six to five against.
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  • Sun Tzu If our soldiers are not overburdened with money, it is not because they have a distaste for riches; if their lives are not unduly long, it is not because they are disinclined to longevity.
    Sun Tzu
    Chinese general and strategist (544 - 496)
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  • Rohinton Mistry If there was an abundance of misery in the world, there was also sufficient joy, yes - as long as one knew where to look for it.
    Source: Faceboek (2016)
    Rohinton Mistry
    Indian-born Canadian writer (1952 - )
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  • Henry David Thoreau If we were left solely to the wordy wit of legislators in Congress for our guidance, uncorrected by the seasonal experience and the effectual complaints of the people, America would not long retain her rank among the nations.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Henry David Thoreau In the long run you hit only what you aim at. Therefore, though you should fail immediately, you had better aim at something high.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Thomas Carlyle In the long-run every Government is the exact symbol of its People, with their wisdom and unwisdom; we have to say, Like People like Government.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Molière Long is the road from conception to completion.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Thomas Szasz Men are afraid to rock the boat in which they hope to drift safely through life's currents, when, actually, the boat is stuck on a sandbar. They would be better off to rock the boat and try to shake it loose, or, better still, jump in the water and swim for the shore.
    Thomas Szasz
    American psychiatrist (1920 - 2012)
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  • Franklin D. Roosevelt No democracy can long survive which does not accept as fundamental to its very existence the recognition of the rights of minorities.
    Franklin D. Roosevelt
    American statesman (1882 - 1945)
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  • Henry Louis Mencken No matter how long he lives, no man ever becomes as wise as the average woman of forty-eight.
    Henry Louis Mencken
    American journalist and critic (1880 - 1956)
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  • Coco Chanel Nothing goes out of fashion sooner than a long dress with a very low neck.
    Coco Chanel
    French couturier (1883 - 1971)
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  • B. R. Ambedkar So long as you do not achieve social liberty, whatever freedom is provided by the law is of no avail to you.
    B. R. Ambedkar
    Indian jurist, economist and politician (1891 - 1956)
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  • Warren Buffett Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.
    Warren Buffett
    American investment entrepreneur (1930 - )
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  • Sir Joshua Reynolds Taste does not come by chance: it is a long and laborious task to acquire it.
    Sir Joshua Reynolds
    British painter (1723 - 1792)
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  • Henry David Thoreau The man who goes alone can start today; but he who travels with another must wait till that other is ready, and it may be a long time before they get off.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • W. M. Lewis The tragedy of life is not that it ends so soon, but that we wait so long to begin it.
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  • Jean de la Bruyère There is no road too long to the man who advances deliberately and without undue haste; there are no honors too distant to the man who prepares himself for them with patience.
    Jean de la Bruyère
    French writer (1645 - 1696)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson There is only one difference between a long life and a good dinner: that, in the dinner, the sweets come last.
    Source: My Best Short Stories (2014) 75
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Francis Bacon To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the best precepts of long lasting.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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