Quotes 341 till 360 of 479.
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The human mind treats a new idea the way the body treats a strange protein; it rejects it.
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The insupportable labor of doing nothing.
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The life of every person is like a diary in which he means to write one story, and writes another.
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The longer I live, the more I am certain that the great difference between the great and the insignificant, is energy - invincible determination - a purpose once fixed, and then death or victory.
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The man of the house can destroy the pleasure of the household, but he cannot make it. That rests with the woman, and it is her greatest privilege.
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The more business one has, the more you are able to accomplish, for you learn to economize your time.
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The most important of my discoveries has been suggested to me by my failures.
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The most useless are those who never change through the years.
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The most winning woman I ever knew was hanged for poisoning three little children for their insurance-money, and the most repellent man of my acquaintance is a philanthropist who has spent nearly a quarter of a million upon the London poor.
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The natural man has only two primal passions, to get and to beget.
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The only disadvantage of an honest heart is credulity.
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The only way for a rich man to be healthy is by exercise and abstinence, to live as if he were poor.
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The printing press is either the greatest blessing or the greatest curse of modern times, sometimes one forgets which it is.
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The public good is in nothing more essentially interested, than in the protection of every individual's private rights.
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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.
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The real character of a man is found out by his amusements.
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The rich are always advising the poor, but the poor seldom return the compliment.
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The Royal Navy of England hath ever been its greatest defense and ornament; it is its ancient and natural strength; the floating bulwark of the island.
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The secret of happiness is not in doing what one likes, but in liking what one does.
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