Quotes 2821 till 2840 of 4180.
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Sudden resolutions, like the sudden rise of mercury in a barometer, indicate little else than the variability of the weather.
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Superstitions are habits rather than beliefs.
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Sure of their qualities and demanding praise, more go to ruined fortunes than are raised.
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Surely human affairs would be far happier if the power in men to be silent were the same as that to speak. But experience more than sufficiently teaches that men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more easily than their words.
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Surely it is better to tell the truth behind people's backs than never to tell it at all.
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Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it's my passion, my love, and it's a part of me.
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Surprise becomes effective when we suddenly face the enemy at one point with far more troops than he expected. This type of numerical superiority is quite distinct from numerical superiority in general: it is the most powerful medium in the art of war.
On War (1832) -
Suspicion is a heavy armor and with its weight it impedes more than it protects.
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Suspicion is a heavy armour, and I with its own weight impedes more than protects.
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Suspicion is rather a virtue than a fault, as long as it doth like a dog that watcheth, and doth not bite.
Works (1912) -
Sylvia Plath was just a month and a half older than I, and when she committed suicide I was only 30 - and very shocked and sorry. I never knew her personally.
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Take every gain without showing remorse about missed profits, because an eel may escape sooner than you think.
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Take no thought of who is right or wrong or who is better than. Be not for or against.
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Taking it all in all, I find it is more trouble to watch after money than to get it.
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Taste is more to do with manners than appearances. Taste is both myth and reality; it is not a style.
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Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.
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Technology has advanced more in the last thirty years than in the previous two thousand. The exponential increase in advancement will only continue. Anthropological Commentary The opposite of a trivial truth is false; the opposite of a great truth is also true.
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