Quotes with makes

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  • Archibald Alexander Nature never makes any blunders, when she makes a fool she means it.
    Archibald Alexander
    American Presbyterian theologian and professor (1772 - 1851)
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  • Desiderius Erasmus Nature, more of a stepmother than a mother in several ways, has sown a seed of evil in the hearts of mortals, especially in the more thoughtful men, which makes them dissatisfied with their own lot and envious of another s.
    Desiderius Erasmus
    Dutch humanist and philosopher (1469 - 1536)
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  • Daniel Defoe Necessity makes a honest man a knave.
    Daniel Defoe
    English writer (1660 - 1731)
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  • Sallust Necessity makes even the timid brave.
    Sallust
    Roman historian (86 - 34)
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  • Francis Quarles Necessity of action takes away the fear of the act, and makes bold resolution the favorite of fortune.
    Francis Quarles
    British poet (1592 - 1644)
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  • Berkeley Breathed Negative humor is forgotten immediately. It's the stuff that makes us feel better about our lives that lives long. Much more satisfying. Enter children's books.
    Berkeley Breathed
    American cartoonist, director and screenwriter (1957 - )
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  • Zig Ziglar New information makes new and fresh ideas possible.
    Zig Ziglar
    American author, salesman, and motivational speaker. (1926 - 2012)
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  • Barbara Cook New Year's Eve, we're going to be doing a concert with the Philadelphia Orchestra in Symphony Hall. It makes me feel good, because of all the people they could have had, they wanted me! We do have to do a little work with the rhythm section.
    Barbara Cook
    American actress and singer (1927 - 2017)
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  • Anna Quindlen New York City has finally hired women to pick up the garbage, which makes sense to me, since, as I've discovered, a good bit of being a woman consists of picking up garbage.
    Anna Quindlen
    American author and journalist (1952 - )
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  • Milan Kundera No act is of itself either good or bad. Only its place in the order of things makes it good or bad.
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    Milan Kundera
    Tsjech writer and criticus (1929 - 2023)
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  • Benjamin Robbins Curtis No government can be strong and flourishing while the national character is weak and degraded. A government must flourish and decay with its subjects; and, when a prince makes a law or performs an action which has a tendency to injure the character or prosperity of the nation, he injures himself.
    Benjamin Robbins Curtis
    American attorney (1809 - 1874)
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  • W. Osier No man is really happy or safe without a hobby, and it makes precious little difference what the outside interest may be.
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  • Ralph Waldo Emerson No man should travel until he has learned the language of the country he visits. Otherwise he voluntarily makes himself a great baby-so helpless and so ridiculous.
    Ralph Waldo Emerson
    American poet and philosopher (1803 - 1882)
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  • George Sand No one makes a revolution by himself; and there are some revolutions which humanity accomplishes without quite knowing how, because it is everybody who takes them in hand.
    George Sand
    French writer (1804 - 1876)
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  • George Bernard Shaw Nothing makes a man so selfish as work.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • George Macdonald Nothing makes one feel so strong as a call for help.
    George Macdonald
    Scottish writer (1824 - 1905)
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  • Oscar Wilde Nothing makes one so vain as being told that one is a sinner.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Katherine F. Gerould Nothing makes people so worthy of compliments as receiving them. One is more delightful for being told one is delightful - just as one is more angry for being told one is angry.
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  • Franklin P. Jones Nothing makes you more tolerant of a neighbor's noisy party than being there.
    Franklin P. Jones
    American journalist (1908 - 1980)
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  • Ivern Ball Nothing makes your sense of humor disappear faster than having someone ask where it is.
    Ivern Ball
    American author (1926 - 1992)
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