Quotes 12721 till 12740 of 13894.
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When a man tells you that he got rich through hard work, ask him whose?
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When a man wants to murder a tiger he calls it sport; when a tiger wants to murder him he calls it ferocity.
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When a man wants your advice he generally wants your praise.
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When a man who is drinking neat gin starts talking about his mother he is past all argument.
Source: The African Queen (1935) -
When a man's stomach is full it makes no difference whether he is rich or poor.
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When a natural discourse paints a passion or an effect, one feels within oneself the truth of what one reads, which was there before, although one did not know it. Hence one is inclined to love him who makes us feel it, for he has not shown us his own riches, but ours.
Source: Pensees (1669) -
When a noble life has prepared old age, it is not decline that it reveals, but the first days of immortality.
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When a performance isn't working, it's usually because the actor is trying to do something and they're not able to express their idea very well. It's a muddled expression.
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When a person acts without knowledge of what he thinks, feels, needs or wants, he does not yet have the option of choosing to act differently.
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When a philosopher says something that is true then it is trivial. When he says something that is not trivial then it is false.
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When a stupid man is doing something he is ashamed of, he always declares that it is his duty.
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When a thing is said to be not worth refuting you may be sure that either it is flagrantly stupid - in which case all comment is superfluous - or it is something formidable, the very crux of the problem.
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When a thing's done, it's done, and if it's not done right, do it differently next time.
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When a virtuous man is raised, it brings gladness to his friends, grief to his enemies, and glory to his posterity.
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When a woman behaves like a man, why doesn't she behave like a nice man?
Source: Observer (30 september 1956) -
When a woman is very, very bad, she is awful, but when a man is correspondingly good, he is weird.
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When a woman like that whom I've seen so much,
All of a sudden drops out of touch;
Is always busy and never can,
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When a woman marries again it is because she detested her first husband. When a man marries again it is because he adored his first wife. Women try their luck; men risk theirs.
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