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Quotes 361 till 380 of 1663.

  • Nathanael Emmons Habit is either the best of servants or the worst of masters.
    Nathanael Emmons
    American Congregational minister and theologian (1745 - 1840)
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton Happiness and virtue rest upon each other; the best are not only the happiest, but the happiest are usually the best.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • Bertrand Russell Happiness is not best achieved by those who seek it directly.
    Bertrand Russell
    English philosopher and mathematician (1872 - 1970)
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  • Alexis Carrel Hard conditions of life are indispensable to bringing out the best in human personality.
    Alexis Carrel
    French surgeon, anatomist and biologist (1873 - 1944)
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  • Bob Weinstein Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
    Bob Weinstein
    American film producer (1954 - )
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  • John Gay He best can pity who has felt the woe.
    John Gay
    British playwright and poet (1685 - 1732)
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  • Plato He best keeps from anger who remembers that God is always looking upon him.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Samuel Butler He has spent his life best who has enjoyed it most. God will take care that we do not enjoy it any more than is good for us.
    Samuel Butler
    English poet (1835 - 1902)
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  • Samuel Taylor Coleridge He is the best physician who is the most ingenious inspirer of hope.
    Samuel Taylor Coleridge
    English poet and critic (1772 - 1834)
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  • Henry David Thoreau He is the best sailor who can steer within fewest points of the wind, and exact a motive power out of the greatest obstacles.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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  • Arthur F. Sheldon He profits most who serves best.
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  • Bayard Taylor He teaches best, Who feels the hearts of all men in his breast, And knows their strength or weakness through his own.
    Bayard Taylor
    American poet, travel author, and diplomat (1825 - 1878)
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  • Robert Louis Stevenson He travels best that knows when to return. Middleton For my part, I travel not to go anywhere, but to go. I travel for travel's sake. The great affair is to move.
    Robert Louis Stevenson
    Scottish writer and poet (1850 - 1894)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller He who has done his best for his own time has lived for all times.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • Ian McEwan He who hesitates is not only lost, but miles from the next exit.
    Ian McEwan
    English novelist and screenwriter (1948 - )
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  • Thomas Jefferson He who knows best knows how little he knows.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Harry Emerson Fosdick He who knows no hardships will know no hardihood. He who faces no calamity will need no courage. Mysterious though it is, the characteristics in human nature which we love best grow in a soil with a strong mixture of troubles.
    Harry Emerson Fosdick
    American minister (1878 - 1969)
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  • Oscar Wilde He would stab his best friend for the sake of writing an epigram on his tombstone.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Benjamin Franklin He's the best physician that knows the worthlessness of the most medicines.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Brin-Jonathan Butler He's the best practitioner I've ever seen of the Cuban style. But I think that what Rigondeaux sees as an immaculate performance has no corollary to what fans see as a perfect performance. In his mind, to make an opponent look terrible who has been lauded as exciting or favored against him gives him satisfaction.
    Brin-Jonathan Butler
    American journalist and filmmaker
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