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Quotes 1801 till 1820 of 2785.

  • A. A. Milne Pooh said good-bye affectionately to his fourteen pots of honey, and hoped they were fifteen; and he and Rabbit went out into the Forest.
    The House at Pooh Corner (1928) Ch. 3
    A. A. Milne
    English author, writer of the Winnie-the-Pooh books (1882 - 1956)
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  • Jonathan Swift Positiveness is a good quality for preachers and speakers because, whoever shares his thoughts with the public will convince them as he himself appears convinced.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher Poverty is very good in poems, but it is very bad in a house. It is very good in maxims and sermons, but it is very bad in practical life.
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • John Selden Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
    John Selden
    British Jurist, Statesman (1584 - 1654)
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  • Hugh Reginald Haweis Precious beyond price are good resolutions. Valuable beyond price are good feelings.
    Hugh Reginald Haweis
    English cleric and writer (1838 - 1901)
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  • Bill Richardson President Clinton will, I think, lift everyone's spirit. He was a good president, an economic, balanced budget president. And President Obama, I believe, has been a very good president, too, and we will get reelected. You watch.
    Bill Richardson
    American politician, author, and diplomat (1947 - )
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  • Bruce Bueno de Mesquita Pretty much, you point to a problem and good reasoning about why people are doing what they are doing and what constraints they face in terms of how others will behave, and you're looking at a problem that could be improved upon by game-theoretic reasoning.
    Bruce Bueno de Mesquita
    American political scientist (1946 - )
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Princes give me sufficiently if they take nothing from me, and do me much good if they do me no hurt; it is all I require of them.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Colley Cibber Prithee don't screw your wit beyond the compass of good manners.
    Colley Cibber
    English actor-manager, playwright and poet (1671 - 1757)
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  • Charles F. Kettering Problems are the price of progress. Don't bring me anything but trouble. Good news weakens me.
    Charles F. Kettering
    American inventor (1876 - 1958)
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  • Beth Ditto Products are a must - full stop. I'm sorry to say it, but that bob won't look so sleek on its own - you need a little help. It doesn't have to be the high-end stuff that they sell in the salon. Products you find in the supermarket are just as good, and sometimes better.
    Beth Ditto
    American singer-songwriter and actress (1981 - )
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  • Charles Simmons Promptitude is not only a duty, but is also a part of good manners; it is favorable to fortune, reputation, influence, and usefulness; a little attention and energy will form the habit, so as to make it easy and delightful.
    Charles Simmons
    American editor and novelist (1798 - 1856)
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  • Abraham Lincoln Property is the fruit of labor; property is desirable; it is a positive good in the world.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Thornton T. Munger Providence has nothing good or high in store for one who does not resolutely aim at something high or good. A purpose is the eternal condition of success.
    Thornton T. Munger
    American scientist and environmentalist
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  • Eva Figes Providing for one's family as a good husband and father is a water-tight excuse for making money hand over fist. Greed may be a sin, exploitation of other people might, on the face of it, look rather nasty, but who can blame a man for ''doing the best'' for his children?
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  • George Eliot Quarrel? Nonsense; we have not quarreled. If one is not to get into a rage sometimes, what is the good of being friends?
    George Eliot
    English writer and poet (1819 - 1880)
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  • Sir Thomas Malory Queen Guenever, for whom I make here a little mention, that while she lived she was a true lover, and therefore she had a good end.
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  • Charles A. Stoddard Rapidity does not always mean progress, and hurry is akin to waste. The old fable of the hare and the tortoise is just as good now, and just as true, as when it was first written.
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  • Albert Ellis Rational beliefs bring us closer to getting good results in the real world.
    Albert Ellis
    American psychologist (1913 - 2007)
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  • Peggy Noonan Read good, big important things.
    Peggy Noonan
    American Author, Presidential Speechwriter (1950 - )
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