Quotes with second-best

Quotes 1 till 20 of 1600.

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  • Mark Twain Honesty is the best policy - when there is money in it.
    Mark Twain
    American writer (ps. of Samuel Langhorne Clemens) (1835 - 1910)
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    +21
  • Sir James Matthew Barrie Men's second childhood begins when a woman gets a hold of him.
    Sir James Matthew Barrie
    British playwright (1860 - 1937)
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    +10
  • Francis Maitland Balfour The best thing to give to your enemy is forgiveness; to an opponent, tolerance; to a friend, your heart; to your child, a good example; to a father, deference; to your mother, conduct that will make her proud of you; to yourself, respect; to all men, charity.
    Francis Maitland Balfour
    British biologist (1851 - 1882)
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    +7
  • Aristotle At his best, man is the noblest of all animals; separated from law and justice he is the worst.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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    +6
  • Aristotle Education is the best provision for old age.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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    +6
  • Aristotle First, have a definite, clear practical ideal; a goal, an objective. Second, have the necessary means to achieve your ends; wisdom, money, materials, and methods. Third, adjust all your means to that end.
    Aristotle
    Greek philosopher (384 - 322)
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    +5
  • Felix Adler Love of country is like love of woman - he loves her best who seeks to bestow on her the highest good.
    Felix Adler
    German American professor of political and social ethics (1851 - 1933)
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    +5
  • Vincent Van Gogh But I always think that the best way to know God is to love many things.
    Vincent Van Gogh
    Dutch painter (1853 - 1890)
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    +4
  • Confucius By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
    Confucius
    Chinese philosopher (551 - 479)
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    +3
  • Lord Chesterfield Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instruments of success. Without it genius wastes its efforts in a maze of inconsistencies.
    Lord Chesterfield
    English statesman, diplomat and writer (Philip Dormer Stanhope) (1694 - 1773)
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    +3
  • Josh Billings The best way to convince a fool that he is wrong is to let him have his way.
    Josh Billings
    American humorist (1818 - 1885)
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    +3
  • Benjamin Franklin Be studious in your profession, and you will be learned. Be industrious and frugal, and you will be rich. Be sober and temperate, and you will be healthy. Be in general virtuous, and you will be happy. At least you will, by such conduct, stand the best chance for such consequences.
    Benjamin Franklin
    American statesman and physicist (1706 - 1790)
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    +2
  • Robert Frost Friends make pretence of following to the grave but before one is in it, their minds are turned and making the best of their way back to life and living people and things they understand.
    Robert Frost
    American poet (1874 - 1963)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Habit is second nature.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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    +2
  • Theodore I. Rubin Happiness does not come from doing easy work but from the afterglow of satisfaction that comes after the achievement of a difficult task that demanded our best.
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    +2
  • Honoré Gabriel Riqueti Count of Mirabeau If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.
    Honoré Gabriel Riqueti Count of Mirabeau
    French revolutionary and writer (1749 - 1791)
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    +2
  • Frank Zappa Information is not knowledge. Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is not truth. Truth is not beauty. Beauty is not love. Love is not music. Music is the best.
    Frank Zappa
    American rock musician (1940 - 1993)
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    +2
  • George Orwell Part of the reason for the ugliness of adults, in a child's eyes, is that the child is usually looking upwards, and few faces are at their best when seen from below.
    George Orwell
    English writer (ps. of Eric Blair) (1903 - 1950)
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    +2
  • Henry David Thoreau The mass never comes up to the standard of its best member, but on the contrary degrades itself to a level with the lowest.
    Henry David Thoreau
    American writer (1817 - 1862)
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    +2
  • Helen Rowland A bride at her second marriage does not wear a veil. She wants to see what she is getting.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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    +1
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