Quotes 121 till 140 of 479.
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Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.
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Great music is that which penetrates the ear with facility and leaves the memory with difficulty. Magical music never leaves the memory.
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Half of us are blind, few of us feel, and we are all deaf.
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Happiness is a thing to be practiced, like the violin.
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He possesses two out of the three qualities necessary for the ideal detective. He has the power of observation and that of deduction. He is only wanting in knowledge.
The Sign of the Four (1890) -
He that doth not as other men do, but endeavoureth that which ought to be done, shall thereby rather incur peril than preservation; for who so laboreth to be sincerely perfect and good shall necessarily perish, living among men that are generally evil.
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He was a tubby little chap who looked as if he had been poured into his clothes and had forgotten to say ''when!''
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He who discommendeth others obliquely commendeth himself.
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He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity; for the essence of generosity is in self sacrifice.
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Here, sir, the people govern; here they act by their immediate representatives.
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His friends he loved. His direst earthly foes - cats - I believe he did but feign to hate. My hand will miss the insinuated nose, mine eyes the tail that wagg'd contempt at Fate.
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His lordship may compel us to be equal upstairs, but there will never be equality in the servants hall.
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Historians desiring to write the actions of men, ought to set down the simple truth, and not say anything for love or hatred; also to choose such an opportunity for writing as it may be lawful to think what they will, and write what they think, which is a rare happiness of the time.
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How much do you smoke a day sir? Pack! What a little puss. Gosh, why don't you just put a dress on and show it all to us while you smoke your little faggoty pack. C'mon, swish around for us. Damnit that pisses me off. I go through two lighters a day, dude. I'm starting to feel it.
Sane Man -
How much do you smoke, sir? Two packs a day, is that right? Pussy. I go through two lighters a day. That's right, two lighters! You're a health nut compared to me. You're like the Jack LaLanne of smokers compared to me.
Flying Saucer Tour Vol. I -
How often have I said to you that when you have eliminated the impossible, whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth?
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I am a brain, Watson. The rest of me is a mere appendix.
The Complete Sherlock Holmes (2013) 1057
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