Quotes 101 till 120 of 127.
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The proper words in the proper places are the true definition of style.
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The race is not always to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, but that is the way to bet.
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The reason why so few marriages are happy, is because young ladies spend their time in making nets, not in making cages.
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The swift wind of compromise is a lot more devastating than the sudden jolt of misfortune.
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The two maxims of any great man at court are, always to keep his countenance and never to keep his work.
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There are few, very few, that will own themselves in a mistake.
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There is none so blind as they that won't see.
Polite Conversation (1738) -
Thought is great and swift and free, the light of the world, the chief glory of man.
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Time is Too slow for those who wait, Too swift for those who fear, Too long for those who grieve, Too short for those who rejoice. But for those who love, time is not.
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Too swift arrives as tardy as too slow.
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Two friendships in two breasts requires The same aversions and desires.
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We are so fond on one another because our ailments are the same.
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We don't need to share the same opinions as others, but we need to be respectful.
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We have just enough religion to make us hate, but not enough to make us love one another.
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What they do in heaven we are ignorant of; what they do not we are told expressly: that they neither marry, nor are given in marriage.
Thoughts on Various Subjects from Miscellanies (1711-1726) -
When a true genius appears in the world you may know him by this sign: that all the dunces are in confederacy against him.
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