Quotes with son—and

Quotes 16501 till 16520 of 25180.

  • Seneca That moderation which nature prescribes, which limits our desires by resources restricted to our needs, has abandoned the field; it has now come to this - that to want only what is enough is a sign both of boorishness and of utter destitution.
    Seneca
    Roman philosopher, statesman and playwright (5 - 65)
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  • Bhagavad Gita That one I love who is incapable of ill will, and returns love for hatred. Living beyond the reach of I and mind, and of pain and pleasure, full of mercy, contented, self-controlled, with all his heart and all his mind given to Me - with such a one I am in love.
    Bhagavad Gita
    Indian Hindu storybook
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  • William Shakespeare That one may smile, and smile, and be a villain.
    William Shakespeare
    English playwright and poet (1564 - 1616)
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  • Christopher Marlowe That perfect bliss and sole felicity, the sweet fruition of an earthly crown.
    Christopher Marlowe
    British Dramatist, Poet (1564 - 1593)
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  • Aphra Behn That perfect tranquillity of life, which is nowhere to be found but in retreat, a faithful friend and a good library.
    Aphra Behn
    English playwright, poet and translator (1640 - 1689)
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  • Grit That person proves his worth who can make us want to listen when he is with us and think when he is gone.
    Grit
     
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  • Bob Cousy That seemed to be the case with most of the teams based in the smaller towns - the fans were more rabid, and they wanted to literally kill the opposition.
    Bob Cousy
    American basketball player (1928 - )
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  • Abraham Lincoln That some should be rich, shows that others may become rich, and, hence, is just encouragement to industry and enterprise.
    Abraham Lincoln
    American statesman (1809 - 1865)
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  • Marcus Valerius Martial That spot of earth has special charms for me, in which a limited income produces happiness, and moderate wealth abundance.
    Marcus Valerius Martial
    Latin poet and epigrammatist (40 - 104)
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  • Pittacus That state is best ordered when the wicked have no command, and the good have.
    Pittacus
     
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  • William Blake That the Jews assumed a right exclusively to the benefits of God will be a lasting witness against them and the same will it be against Christians.
    William Blake
    English poet (1757 - 1827)
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  • Michael Harrington That the poor are invisible is one of the most important things about them. They are not simply neglected and forgotten as in the old rhetoric of reform; what is much worse, they are not seen.
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  • Francis Bacon That things are changed, and that nothing really perishes, and that the sum of matter remains exactly the same, is sufficiently certain.
    Francis Bacon
    English philosopher and statesman (1561 - 1626)
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  • Cordell Hull That war has brought with it a truly incredible development of means of destruction and a terrifying prospect of rapid and almost limitless development in that direction.
    Cordell Hull
    American politician, U.S. Secretary of State from 1933 to 1944 (1871 - 1955)
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  • Hunter S. Thompson That was always the difference between Muhammad Ali and the rest of us. He came, he saw, and if he didn't entirely conquer - he came as close as anybody we are likely to see in the lifetime of this doomed generation.
    Hunter S. Thompson
    American journalist (1937 - 2005)
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  • Adam Savage That was cool and that sucked all at the same time.
    Adam Savage
    American special effects designer and fabricator (1967 - )
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  • Anna Lindh That was for instance the case in Mocambique a couple of years ago, during the flooding catastrophe. Instead of co-ordinating assistance properly, to much time and resources was spent on fighting about the same helicopters and local guides.
    Anna Lindh
    Swedish Social Democratic politician (1957 - 2003)
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  • Barbara Castle That was not what men and women fought for during the war.
    Barbara Castle
    British Labour Party politician (1910 - 2002)
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  • Anthony Holden That was par for the course but I also found that commissions were being canceled and in fact I considered this directly libelous - I write biographies for a living as well as being a journalist - for a non fiction book to be called fiction from beginning to end.
    Anthony Holden
    English writer, broadcaster and critic
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  • Bill Medley That was the toughest thing I ever had to do: tell my son that his mum was gone. I was a bachelor living on the beach, but I had to pull it together very quick for my boy.
    Bill Medley
    American singer and songwriter (1940 - )
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