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  • Jonathan Swift Proper words in proper places, make the true definition of a style.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • John Milton Prudence is the virtue by which we discern what is proper to do under various circumstances in time and place.
    John Milton
    English poet, polemicist and man of letters (1608 - 1674)
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  • Marcus Aurelius Remember this, that there is a proper dignity and proportion to be observed in the performance of every act of life.
    Marcus Aurelius
    Roman emperor (121 - 180)
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  • Calvin Harris Right at the start, when I was about 13 or 14, I only had an Amiga 500 Plus running a bit of tracker software called OctaMED. My brother was big into his computers, and when he moved up to a proper PC, I took charge of the Amiga.
    Calvin Harris
    Scottish DJ, record producer, singer, and songwriter (1984 - )
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  • Bob Harper Since I started CrossFit, I've read and heard about the critics talk about how unsafe it is, and my only response to that is any form of exercise can be unsafe if you don't have the proper coaching, education and guidance.
    Bob Harper
    American personal trainer, reality television personality, and author (1965 - )
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  • Jonathan Swift Style may defined as the proper words in the proper places.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • W. H. Auden The class distinctions proper to a democratic society are not those of rank or money, still less, as is apt to happen when these are abandoned, of race, but of age.
    W. H. Auden
    American poet (1907 - 1973)
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  • Thomas Jefferson The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first, therefore, to seek them blindfold, and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.
    Thomas Jefferson
    American statesman (1743 - 1826)
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  • Oliver Goldsmith The heart of every man lies open to the shafts of correction if the archer can take proper aim.
    Oliver Goldsmith
    Irish writer and poet (1728 - 1774)
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  • Buffalo Bill The McCarthy boys, at the proper moment, gave orders to fire upon the advancing enemy.
    DeSylva, Buddy
    Buffalo Bill
    American soldier, bison hunter, and showman (1846 - 1917)
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  • Oscar Wilde The mind of the thoroughly well-informed man is a dreadful thing. It is like a bric-à-brac shop, all monsters and dust, with everything priced above its proper value.
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • Plato The most important part of education is proper training in the nursery.
    Plato
    Greek philosopher (427 - 347)
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  • Arthur Koestler The prerequisite of originality is the art of forgetting, at the proper moment, what we know.
    Arthur Koestler
    Hungarian Born British Writer (1905 - 1983)
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  • Arthur Keith The proper balance between individual liberty and central authority is a very ancient problem.
    Arthur Keith
    Scottish anatomist and anthropologist (1866 - 1952)
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  • Oscar Wilde The proper basis for marriage is mutual misunderstanding.
    Lord Arthur Savile's Crime
    Oscar Wilde
    Irish writer (1854 - 1900)
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  • David Herbert Lawrence The proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it.
    David Herbert Lawrence
    English writer (1885 - 1930)
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  • C. S. Lewis The proper motto is not Be good, sweet maid, and let who can be clever, but Be good sweet maid, and don't forget that this involves being as clever as you can. God is no fonder of intellectual slackers than any other slackers.
    C. S. Lewis
    Irish novelist and poet (1898 - 1963)
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  • Aldous Huxley The proper study of mankind is books.
    Crome Yellow (1921) Ch. XXVIII
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Henry Brooks Adams The proper study of mankind is woman.
    Henry Brooks Adams
    American historian (1838 - 1918)
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  • Dean Inge The proper time to influence the character of a child is about a hundred years before he is born.
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