Quotes with not-so-funny

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  • William Shakespeare What fates impose, that men must needs abide; It boots not to resist both wind and tide.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Jean Genet What I did not yet know so intensely was the hatred of the white American for the black, a hatred so deep that I wonder if every white man in this country, when he plants a tree, doesn't see Negroes hanging from its branches.
    Jean Genet
    French playwright and author (1910 - 1986)
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  • Abraham Lincoln What is conservatism? Is it not the adherence to the old and tried against the new and untried?
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Alexis de Tocqueville What is the most important for democracy is not that great fortunes should not exist, but that great fortunes should not remain in the same hands. In that way there are rich men, but they do not form a class.
    Alexis de Tocqueville
    French aristocrat, political philosopher and sociologist (1805 - 1859)
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  • Ursula K. LeGuin What sane person could live in this world and not be crazy?
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  • Confucius What you do not want others to do to you, do not do to others.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Charlotte Whitton Whatever women do they must do it twice as well as men to be thought half as good. Luckily this is not difficult.
    Charlotte Whitton
    Canadian feminist and mayor (1896 - 1975)
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  • Al McGuire When a guy takes off his coat, he's not going to fight. When a guy takes off his wristwatch, watch out!
    Al McGuire
    American basketball coach and broadcaster (1928 - 2001)
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  • Voltaire When he to whom a person speaks does not understand, and he who speaks does not understand himself, that is metaphysics.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Voltaire When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Betty Ford When I say we've had an ideal marriage, I'm not just talking about physical attraction, which I can imagine can wear pretty thin if it's all a couple has built on. We've had that and a whole lot more.
    Betty Ford
    American First Lady (1918 - 2011)
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  • Confucius When prosperity comes, do not use all of it.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Hitopadesa When the leader passes over all alike, not making a distinction, then the endeavors of those who are capable of exertion are entirely lost.
    Hitopadesa
    Indian text in Sanskrit
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  • Confucius When you know a thing, to hold that you know it; and when you do not know a thing, to allow that you do not know it -this is knowledge.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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  • Bobby Jindal Whether you voted for him or not, whether you supported the new leaders of Congress or not, they're our president, they're our Congress, they need our prayers, they need our support.
    Chicago Tribune, published November 22, 2008
    Bobby Jindal
    American politician (1971 - )
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  • Joseph Addison While I yet live, let me not live in vain.
    Joseph Addison
    English politician, writer and poet (1672 - 1719)
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  • Francis Bacon Whoever is out of patience is out of possession of his soul. Men must not turn into bees, and kill themselves in stinging others.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Horace Wisdom is not wisdom when it is derived from books alone.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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  • Molière Without knowledge, life is not more than the shadow of death.
    Molière
    French playwright (ps. by J. B. Poquelin) (1622 - 1673)
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  • Horace Words will not fail when the matter is well considered.
    Horace
    Roman poet
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