Quotes with purse

  • The supply of time is a daily miracle. You wake up in the morning and lo! Your purse is magnificently filled with 24 hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of life. It is yours! The most precious of your possessions.

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  • Benjamin Franklin If a man empties his purse into his head, no man can take it away from him. An investment in knowledge always pays the best interest.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • Alfred P. Sloan A car for every purse and purpose.
    Alfred P. Sloan
    American businessman (1875 - 1966)
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  • Victor Hugo As the purse is emptied, the heart is filled.
    Victor Hugo
    French writer (1802 - 1885)
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  • William Shakespeare Costly thy habit as thy purse can buy, but not expressed in fancy; rich not gaudy; for the apparel oft proclaims the man.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Seneca Economy is too late when you are at the bottom of your purse.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Friends, I agree with you in Providence; but I believe in the Providence of the most men, the largest purse, and the longest cannon.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • William Shakespeare I can get no remedy against this consumption of the purse: borrowing only lingers and lingers it out, but the disease is incurable.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Busy Philipps I have the emergency kit in my purse that has double-sided tape and Tylenol, and a small energy bar. I'm the one that has an extra lip gloss just in case.
    Busy Philipps
    American actress and writer (1979 - )
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  • Nicholas Breton I wish my deadly foe, no worse than want of fiends, and empty purse.
    Nicholas Breton
    English poet and novelist (1545 - 1626)
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  • Friedrich von Schiller It is criminal to steal a purse, daring to steal a fortune, a mark of greatness to steal a crown. The blame diminishes as the guilt increases.
    Friedrich von Schiller
    German poet and playwright (1759 - 1805)
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  • George Washington Let your heart feel for the afflictions and distress of everyone, and let your hand give in proportion to your purse.
    George Washington
    First president of the US (1732 - 1799)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt No people is wholly civilized where a distinction is drawn between stealing an office and stealing a purse.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • Adelbert von Chamisso On recovering my senses, I hastened to quit a place where I hoped there was nothing further to detain me. I first filled my pockets with gold, then fastened the strings of the purse round my neck, and concealed it in my bosom.
    Adelbert von Chamisso
    German writer, liar and explorer (1781 - 1838)
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  • Grace Kelly Personally, I wouldn't go anywhere important without my own favorite Hermès black bag... I have my jewelry with me in case something happens and I suddenly have to dress up. For me, going out without that purse would seem almost like going out naked. Well, almost.
    Charlotte Chandler - It's Only a Movie: Alfred Hitchcock
    Grace Kelly
    American actress (later Princess Gracia) (1929 - 1982)
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  • Jerome of Stridon Preferring to store her money in the stomachs of the needy rather than hide it in a purse.
    Jerome of Stridon
    Church Father and Saint (347 - 420)
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  • Arnold Bennett The supply of time is a daily miracle. You wake up in the morning and lo! Your purse is magnificently filled with 24 hours of the unmanufactured tissue of the universe of life. It is yours! The most precious of your possessions.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II Those who corrupt the public mind are just as evil as those who steal from the public purse.
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Arnold Bennett You wake up in the morning, and your purse is magically filled with twenty-four hours of un-manufactured tissue of the universe of your life! It is yours. It is the most precious of possessions. No one can take it from you. And no one receives either more or less than you receive.
    Arnold Bennett
    British novelist (1867 - 1931)
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  • Thomas Fuller Memory is like a purse, if it be over-full that it cannot shut, all will drop out of it. Take heed of a gluttonous curiosity to feed on many things, lest the greediness of the appetite of thy memory spoil the digestion thereof.
    Thomas Fuller
    English preacher and writer (1608 - 1661)
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