Quotes 501 till 520 of 707.
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The battle of life is, in most cases, fought uphill; and to win it without a struggle were perhaps to win it without honor. If there were no difficulties there would be no success; if there were nothing to struggle for, there would be nothing to be achieved.
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The best liar is he who makes the smallest amount of lying go the longest way.
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The blaze of reputation cannot be blown out, but it often dies in the socket; a very few names may be considered as perpetual lamps that shine unconsumed.
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The chief glory of every people arises from its authors.
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The dangerous clashes of the future are likely to arise from the interaction of Western arrogance, Islamic intolerance, and Sinic assertiveness.
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The dead should be judged like criminals, impartially, but they should be allowed the benefit of the doubt.
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The drama's laws, the drama's patrons give, for we that live to please, must please to live.
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The duty of helping one's self in the highest sense involves the helping of one's neighbors.
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The experience gathered from books, though often valuable, is but the nature of learning; whereas the experience gained from actual life is one of the nature of wisdom.
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The function of vice is to keep virtue within reasonable bounds.
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The great pleasure of a dog is that you may make a fool of yourself with him and not only will he not scold you, but he will make a fool of himself too.
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The greatest Enemy That Man can have, is his Prosperity.
The Poetical Works of Mr. Samuel Daniel 13 -
The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.
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The habit of looking on the best side of every event is worth more than a thousand pounds a years.
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The happiest conversation is that of which nothing is distinctly remembered but a general effect of pleasing impression.
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The happiest part of a man's life is what he passes lying awake in bed in the morning.
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The happiness of life is made up of minute fractions - the little soon forgotten charities of a kiss or smile, a kind look, a heartfelt compliment, and the countless infinitesimal of pleasurable and genial feeling.
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