Quotes 6221 till 6240 of 25206.
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Happy the man whose wish and care a few paternal acres bound, content to breathe his native air in his own ground.
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Happy the man, and happy he alone, he who can call today his own; he who, secure within, can say, tomorrow do thy worst, for I have lived today.
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Hard work spotlights the character of people: some turn up their sleeves, some turn up their noses, and some don't turn up at all.
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Hardly a book of human worth, be it heaven's own secret, is honestly placed before the reader; it is either shunned, given a Periclean funeral oration in a hundred and fifty words, or interred in the potter's field of the newspapers back pages.
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Hark! I hear the tramp of thousands, And of armed men the hum; Lo, a nation's hosts have gathered Round the quick alarming drum — Saying, Come Freemen, Come! Ere your heritage be wasted, Said the quick alarming drum.
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Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.
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Harry Potter' shouldn't be children's first experience with suspense and plot turns.
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Harsh necessity, and the newness of my kingdom, force me to do such things and to guard my frontiers everywhere.
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Harshness towards individuals who flout the laws and commands of state is for the public good; no greater crime against the public interest is possible than to show leniency to those who violate it.
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Harvard takes perfectly good plums as students, and turns them into prunes
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Harvey and I grew up in Queens, N.Y. My brother and I shared a room for 18 years until we went away to college. When we were kids, after our father said, 'Lights out,' he also exclaimed, 'No more talking. Time for sleep.' But we'd stay up late, arguing over statistics, who the best center fielder was - Willie Mays or Mickey Mantle.
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Hast thou virtue? Acquire also the graces and beauties of virtue.
Source: Poor Richard― Franklin Pierce Adams
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Hastiness and superficiality are the psychic diseases of the twentieth century, and more than anywhere else this disease is reflected in the press.
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Hasty resolutions are of the nature of vows, and to be equally avoided.
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Hate is always a clash between our spirit and someone else's body.
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Hateful to me as the gates of Hades is that man who hides one thing in his heart and speaks another.
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Hatred is active, and envy passive dislike; there is but one step from envy to hate.
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Hatred is something peculiar. You will always find it strongest and most violent where there is the lowest degree of culture.
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Hatred is the fury of those who do not share our goals, and its object is death and destruction. Anger is a grief of distortions between peers, and its object is change.
Source: Sister Outsider: Essays and Speeches (2012) 129
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