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  • Benjamin N. Cardozo There comes not seldom a crisis in the life of men, of nations, and of worlds, when the old forms seem ready to decay, and the old rules of action have lost their binding force. The evils of existing systems obscure the blessings that attend them, and, where reform is needed, the cry is raised for subversion.
    Benjamin N. Cardozo
    American lawyer and jurist (1870 - 1938)
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  • Virginia Woolf There is much to support the view that it is clothes that wear us, and not we, them; we may make them take the mould of arm or breast, but they mould our hearts, our brains, our tongues to their liking.
    Virginia Woolf
    English writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Charles De Montesquieu There is no one, says another, whom fortune does not visit once in his life; but when she does not find him ready to receive her, she walks in at the door, and flies out at the window.
    Charles De Montesquieu
    French philosopher (1689 - 1755)
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  • Beth Ditto There is no rule in the pink-triangle guide to coming out that you must wear a rainbow flag cap and organise a full band parade.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Edward Bulwer-Lytton There is no such thing as luck. It's a fancy name for being always at our duty, and so sure to be ready when good time comes.
    Edward Bulwer-Lytton
    English writer and poet (1803 - 1873)
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  • James Boswell There is nothing worth the wear of winning, but laughter and the love of friends.
    James Boswell
    Scottish biographer and diarist (1740 - 1795)
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  • Henry van Dyke There is only one way to get ready for immortality, and that is to love this life and live it as bravely and faithfully and cheerfully as we can.
    Henry van Dyke
    American Protestant Clergyman and Writer (1852 - 1933)
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  • Queen Elizabeth II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready.
    Queen Elizabeth II
    Queen of the United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, New Zealand (1926 - 2022)
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  • John Selden They that are against superstition oftentimes run into it of the wrong side. If I wear all colors but black, then I am superstitious in not wearing black.
    John Selden
    British Jurist, Statesman (1584 - 1654)
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  • Benjamin Franklin They that are on their guard and appear ready to receive their adversaries, are in much less danger of being attacked than the supine, secure and negligent.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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  • William Wordsworth This city now doth, like a garment, wear the beauty of the morning; silent bare, ships, towers, domes, theatres and temples lie open unto the fields and to the sky; All bright and glittering in the smokeless air.
    William Wordsworth
    English poet (1770 - 1850)
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  • Gaston Bachelard To feel most beautifully alive means to be reading something beautiful, ready always to apprehend in the flow of language the sudden flash of poetry.
    Gaston Bachelard
    French scientist and philosopher (1884 - 1962)
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  • Carine Roitfeld To me, makeup is fashion and vice versa. What I dress and what I wear always needs to work with my makeup, which is usually the same anyway.
    Carine Roitfeld
    French fashion editor (1954 - )
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  • Bill Rancic To the new 'Apprentice' candidates I would say to follow your gut instincts, be yourself and get ready to work hard for the next few months. Oh, and try to have some fun!
    Bill Rancic
    American entrepreneur (1971 - )
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  • Margaret Thatcher To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best.
    Margaret Thatcher
    British Prime Minister (1979-1990) (1925 - 2013)
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  • Francis H. Bradley True penitence condemns to silence. What a man is ready to recall he would be willing to repeat.
    Francis H. Bradley
    British Philosopher (1846 - 1924)
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  • Carolina Herrera Unfortunately, there's a lot of confusion today over what is sexy and what is vulgar. It's horrifying. They say, 'Oh, that girl is so sexy,' and she turns around and the dress is four sizes too small. Or she's wearing so much stuff, you wonder how long it took her to get ready.
    Carolina Herrera
    Venezuelan fashion designer (1939 - )
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  • Lord Chesterfield Vice, in its true light, is so deformed, that it shocks us at first sight; and would hardly ever seduce us, if it did not at first wear the mask of some virtue.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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  • T. S. Eliot Wait without thought, for you are not ready for thought.
    T. S. Eliot
    British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic (1888 - 1965)
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  • Anatole France War will disappear only when men shall take no part whatever in violence and shall be ready to suffer every persecution that their abstention will bring them. It is the only way to abolish war.
    Anatole France
    French writer and Nobel laureate in literature (1921) (1844 - 1924)
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