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Quotes 1701 till 1720 of 25164.

  • Sidonie Gabrielle Colette A pretty little collection of weaknesses and a terror of spiders are our indispensable stock-in-trade with the men.
    Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
    French writer (1873 - 1954)
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  • B. C. Forbes A price has to be paid for success. Almost invariably those who have reached the summits worked harder and longer, studied and planned more assiduously, practiced more self-denial, overcame more difficulties than those of us who have not risen so far.
    B. C. Forbes
    American Publisher (1880 - 1954)
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  • Lionel Trilling A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.
    Lionel Trilling
    American Critic (1905 - 1975)
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  • Carl von Clausewitz A prince or general can best demonstrate his genius by managing a campaign exactly to suit his objectives and his resources, doing neither too much nor too little.
    On War (1832)
    Carl von Clausewitz
    Prussian general and military theorist (1780 - 1831)
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  • Ovid A prince should be slow to punish, and quick to reward.
    Ovid
    Roman poet (43 - 17)
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  • Walter Bagehot A princely marriage is the brilliant edition of a universal fact, and, as such, it rivets mankind.
    Walter Bagehot
    English economist (1826 - 1877)
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  • Winston Churchill A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.
    Winston Churchill
    English statesman (1874 - 1965)
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  • Norman Schwarzkopf A professional soldier understands that war means killing people, war means maiming people, war means families left without fathers and mothers.
    Norman Schwarzkopf
    American general (1934 - 2012)
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  • Anthea Turner A proper family diary with everyone's events and parties in it really helps organise the household.
    Anthea Turner
    English television presenter (1960 - )
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  • C. S. Lewis A proud man is always looking down on things and people; and, of course, as long as you're looking down, you can't see something that's above you.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Cass Canfield A publisher should always be on the receiving end. He should take an interest in almost any subject and remain anonymous, letting the author take center stage.
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  • Arthur Koestler A publisher who writes is like a cow in a milk bar.
    Arthur Koestler
    Hungarian Born British Writer (1905 - 1983)
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  • Seneca A punishment to some, to some a gift, and to many a favor.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Ben Elliot A quintessential experience is to raft the Rio Grande through the Blue Mountains, stopping off at waterfalls and having picnics of barbecued fish.
    Ben Elliot
    British politician (1975 - )
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  • James Russell Lowell A reading machine, always wound up and going, he mastered whatever was not worth the knowing.
    James Russell Lowell
    American Romantic poet, critic, editor, and diplomat (1819 - 1891)
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  • Bill Vaughan A real patriot is the fellow who gets a parking ticket and rejoices that the system works.
    Bill Vaughan
    American columnist and author (1915 - 1977)
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  • Alfred Nobel A recluse without books and ink is already in life a dead man.
    Alfred Nobel
    Swedish chemist, engineer, inventor, businessman, and philanthropist (1833 - 1896)
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  • James Fenimore Cooper A refined simplicity is the characteristic of all high bred deportment, in every country, and a considerate humanity should be the aim of all beneath it.
    James Fenimore Cooper
    American writer (1789 - 1851)
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  • Carolyn Heilbrun A relationship has a momentum, it must change and develop, and will tend to move toward the point of greatest commitment.
    Carolyn Heilbrun
    American academic and author (1926 - 2003)
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  • Rob Cella A relationship is like a rose, How long it lasts, no one knows; Love can erase an awful past, Love can be yours, you'll see at last; To feel that love, it makes you sigh, To have it leave, you'd rather die; You hope you've found that special rose, 'Cause you love and care for the one you chose.
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