Quotes 1 till 20 of 1454.
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To be fond of learning is near to wisdom; to practice with vigor is near to benevolence; and to be conscious of shame is near to fortitude. He who knows these three things
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All human wisdom is summed up in two words; wait and hope.
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Lots of people act well, but few people talk well. This shows that talking is the more difficult of the two.
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Three grand essentials to happiness in this life are something to do, something to love, and something to hope for.
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A politician divides mankind into two classes; tools and enemies.
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By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
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A competitive world offers two possibilities. You can lose. Or, if you want to win, you can change.
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America is just a nation of two hundred million used car salesmen with all the money we need to buy guns and no qualms about killing anybody else in the world who tries to make us uncomfortable.
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Before you embark on a journey of revenge, dig two graves.
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If there were only one religion in England there would be danger of despotism, if there were two, they would cut each other's throats, but there are thirty, and they live in peace and happiness.
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There are in every man, always, two simultaneous allegiances, one to God, the other to Satan. Invocation of God, or Spirituality, is a desire to climb higher; that of Satan, or animality, is delight in descent.
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A boy can learn a lot from a dog: obedience, loyalty, and the importance of turning around three times before lying down.
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A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs, who has never learned to walk.
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A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
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A man always has two reasons for doing anything - a good reason and the real reason.
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A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles requisite: I intend, in the course of my career, if I have time, to give a specimen of both.
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A really great man is known by three signs... generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
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All government is an evil, but, of the two form's of that evil, democracy or monarchy, the sounder is monarchy; the more able to do its will, democracy.
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