Quotes with nine-and-a-half

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  • Lord Chesterfield Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watch, in a private pocket: and do not merely pull it out and strike it; merely to show that you have one.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • Edmond de Goncourt Never speak of yourself to others; make them talk about themselves instead; therein lies the whole art of pleasing. Everybody knows it, and everyone forgets it.
    Edmond de Goncourt
    French writer and critic (1822 - 1896)
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  • Benjamin Haydon Never suffer youth to be an excuse for inadequacy, nor age and fame to be an excuse for indolence.
    Benjamin Haydon
    British artist (1786 - 1846)
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  • Thornton Wilder Never support two weaknesses at the same time. It's your combination sinners - your lecherous liars and your miserly drunkards - who dishonor the vices and bring them into bad repute.
    Thornton Wilder
    American writer and playwright (1897 - 1975)
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  • Benjamin Franklin Never take a wife till thou hast a house (and a fire) to put her in.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Sydney Smith Never talk for half a minute without pausing and giving others a chance to join in.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • George S. Patton Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity.
    George S. Patton
    American Army General during World War II (1885 - 1945)
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  • Robert Browning Never the time and the place and the loved one all together!
    Robert Browning
    English poet (1812 - 1889)
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  • Harry Houdini Never try to fool children, they expect nothing, and therefore see everything.
    Harry Houdini
    Hungarian-born American illusionist (1874 - 1926)
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  • Sydney Smith Never try to reason the prejudice out of a man. It was not reasoned into him, and cannot be reasoned out.
    Sydney Smith
    English writer and cleric (1856 - 1934)
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  • Michael Korda Never walk away from failure. On the contrary, study it carefully and imaginatively for its hidden assets.
    Michael Korda
    American publisher (1933 - )
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  • Henrik Ibsen Never wear your best trousers when you go out to fight for freedom and truth.
    Henrik Ibsen
    Norwegian dramatist (1828 - 1906)
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  • Sir John A. Macdonald Never write a letter if you can help it, and never destroy one!
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  • Samuel Johnson Never, my dear Sir, do you take it into your head that I do not love you; you may settle yourself in full confidence both of my love and my esteem; I love you as a kind man, I value you as a worthy man, and hope in time to reverence you as a man of exemplary piety.
    Samuel Johnson
    English writer (1709 - 1784)
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  • Bill Dedman New flood maps in many states have raised the estimation of flood risks along rivers, streams and oceans, adding many properties to flood zones for the first time.
    Bill Dedman
    American journalist (1960 - )
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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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  • Carol Bellamy New legislation has just been adopted by the International Labour Organization on the Worst Forms of Child Labor, such as bonded labour, prostitution and hazardous work.
    Carol Bellamy
    American nonprofit executive (1942 - )
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  • Ben Huh New media's not very old, hence the word new, so we don't know a lot of things about new media and by the time you've taught it it's probably out of date. I think it's much more beneficial to have an experiential lesson versus a classroom lesson in new media.
    Ben Huh
    South-Korean-American internet entrepreneur (1979 - )
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  • John Locke New opinions are always suspected, and usually opposed, without any other reason but because they are not already common.
    John Locke
    English philosopher (1632 - 1704)
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  • George Bernard Shaw New opinions often appear first as jokes and fancies, then as blasphemies and treason, then as questions open to discussion, and finally as established truths.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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