Quotes with most-used

Quotes 1881 till 1900 of 2849.

  • William Somerset Maugham The common idea that success spoils people by making them vain, egotistic, and self-complacent is erroneous, on the contrary, it makes them for the most part, humble, tolerant, and kind. Failure makes people bitter and cruel.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bo Bennett The concept of the "good ol' days" must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success.
    Year to Success
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Bo Bennett The concept of the 'good ol' days' must be one of our society's biggest delusions, top reasons for depression, as well as most often used excuse for lack of success.
    Bo Bennett
    American author (1972 - )
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  • Thomas Carlyle The condition of the most passionate enthusiast is to be preferred over the individual who, because of the fear of making a mistake, won't in the end affirm or deny anything.
    Thomas Carlyle
    Scottish writer and historicus (1795 - 1881)
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  • Adrienne Rich The connections between and among women are the most feared, the most problematic, and the most potentially transforming force on the planet.
    Adrienne Rich
    American Poet (1929 - 2012)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton The conscience is the most flexible material in the world. Today you cannot stretch it over a mole hill; while tomorrow it can hide a mountain.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Bryan Magee The Copernican revolution brought about by Kant was, I think, the most important single turning point in the history of philosophy.
    Bryan Magee
    British philosopher, broadcaster, politician (1930 - 2019)
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  • Edward Gibbon The courage of a soldier is found to be the cheapest and most common quality of human nature.
    Edward Gibbon
    British historian (1737 - 1794)
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  • Edwin Hubbel Chapin The creed of a true saint is to make the best of life, and to make the most of it.
    Edwin Hubbel Chapin
    American author and clergyman (1814 - 1880)
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  • Paul De Man The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear - and even, in certain respects, would be - the most modern of critical movements.
    Paul De Man
    In Belgiƫ geboren American literair criticus (1919 - 1983)
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  • W. H. Auden The critical opinions of a writer should always be taken with a large grain of salt. For the most part, they are manifestations of his debate with himself as to what he should do next and what he should avoid.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Bob Harper The CrossFit program is broad, general and inclusive, and most of all, the movements can be scaled down to any level of athlete. Just watch what I do with it on 'The Biggest Loser.'
    Bob Harper
    American personal trainer, reality television personality, and author (1965 - )
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  • Assata Shakur The death penalty is used in such a blatantly racist way in the United States. There is no way that can be defended under any kind of definition of justice by anybody.
    Assata Shakur
    American activist and former member of the Black Liberation Army (BLA) (1947 - )
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  • Luis Bunuel The decline of the aperitif may well be one of the most depressing phenomena of our time.
    Luis Bunuel
    Spanish director (1900 - 1983)
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  • Emma Goldman The demand for equal rights in every vocation of life is just and fair; but, after all, the most vital right is the right to love and be loved.
    Emma Goldman
    American anarchist (1869 - 1940)
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  • Elizabeth Barrett Browning The devil's most devilish when respectable.
    Elizabeth Barrett Browning
    English poet (1806 - 1861)
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  • Salvador Dali The difference between false memories and true ones is the same as for jewels: it is always the false ones that look the most real, the most brilliant.
    Salvador Dali
    Spanish painter (1904 - 1989)
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  • Robert Heller The difference between management and administration (which is what the bureaucrats used to do exclusively) is the difference between choice and rigidity.
    Robert Heller
    British management journalist, management consultant and author (1932 - 2012)
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  • Albert Einstein The difference between what the most and the least learned people know is inexpressibly trivial in relation to that which is unknown.
    Albert Einstein
    German - American physicist (1879 - 1955)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world's problems.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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