Quotes 2961 till 2980 of 2981.
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Never stay up on the barren heights of cleverness, but come down into the green valleys of silliness.
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One can find women who have never had one love affair, but it is rare indeed to find any who have had only one.
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One can never consent to creep when one feels an impulse to soar.
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One never reaches home, but wherever friendly paths intersect the whole world looks like home for a time.
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Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.
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Sir Walter, with his 61 years of life, although he never wrote a novel until he was over 40, had, fortunately for the world, a longer working career than most of his brethren.
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The decisions of law courts should never be printed: in the long run, they form a counter authority to the law.
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The one thing that a fish can never find is water; and the one thing that man can never find is God.
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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.
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There are those that look at things the way they are, and ask why? I dream of things that never were, and ask why not.
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There has never been a time when you and I have not existed, nor will there be a time when we will cease to exist. As the same person inhabits the body through childhood, youth, and old age, so too at the time of death he attains another body. The wise are not deluded by these changes.
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There is nothing on earth so easy as to forget, if a person chooses to set about it. I'm sure I have as much forgot your poor, dear uncle, as if he had never existed; and I thought it my duty to do so.
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To say that a thing has never yet been done among men is to erect a barrier stronger than reason, stronger than discussion.
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Two things a man should never be angry at: what he can help, and what he cannot help.
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We are never like angels till our passion dies.
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Why do two colors, put one next to the other, sing? Can one really explain this? no. Just as one can never learn how to paint.
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Will you ever run out of creative ideas and expressions? Ha! The more creative ideas you have, the more you will discover. Creativity is a tree with countless branches that never stop blossoming.
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You never know what's hit you. A gunshot is the perfect way.
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Money was never a big motivation for me, except as a way to keep score. The real excitement is playing the game.
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