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One who imitates what is bad always goes beyond his model; while one who imitates what is good always comes up short of it.
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Only a male intellect clouded by the sexual drive could call the stunted, narrow-shouldered, broad-hipped and short-legged sex the fair sex.
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Opinion is like a pendulum and obeys the same law. If it goes past the centre of gravity on one side, it must go a like distance on the other; and it is only after a certain time that it finds the true point at which it can remain at rest.
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Our grand business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what lies clearly at hand.
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Our main business is not to see what lies dimly at a distance, but to do what clearly lies at hand.
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Our pleasures are short, and can only charm at intervals; love is a method of protraction our greatest pleasure.
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Pain, scorned by yonder gout-ridden wretch, endured by yonder dyspeptic in the midst of his dainties, borne bravely by the girl in travail. Slight thou art, if I can bear thee, short thou art if I cannot bear thee!
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Pat Moynihan could write books with one hand and legislate with the other. I can't; I have a short attention span. The slightest distraction would take me away from writing.
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Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime.
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People seek within a short span of life to satisfy a thousand desires, each of which is insatiable.
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Photography is a way of putting distance between myself and the work which sometimes helps me to see more clearly what it is that I have made.
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Pleasure and action make the hours seem short.
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Prayer should be short, without giving God Almighty reasons why he should grant this, or that; he knows best what is good for us.
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Proverbs are short sentences drawn from long experience.
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Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.
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She was short on intellect, but long on shape.
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Ships at a distance have every man's wish on board.
Zora Neale Hurston
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Short as life is, we make it still shorter by the careless waste of time.
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Short of genius a rich man cannot even imagine poverty.
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Short stories are wonderful and extremely challenging, and the joy of them, because it only takes me three or four months to write, I can take more risks with them. It's just less of your life invested.
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