Quotes with up-their-own-butt

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  • Publilius Syrus A man's own character is the arbiter of his fortune.
    Publilius Syrus
    Syrian poet (85 - 43)
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  • Jean Paul A man never discloses his own character so clearly as when he describes another s.
    Jean Paul
    German poet (ps. by Johann P.F. Richter) (1763 - 1825)
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  • Anita Brookner A complete woman is probably not a very admirable creature. She is manipulative, uses other people to get her own way, and works within whatever system she is in.
    Anita Brookner
    British Writer (1928 - 2016)
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  • Jonathan Swift A wise person should have money in their head, but not in their heart.
    Jonathan Swift
    English writer (1667 - 1745)
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  • Karl Albrecht The typical human life seems to be quite unplanned, undirected, unlived, and unsavored. Only those who consciously think about the adventure of living as a matter of making choices among options, which they have found for themselves, ever establish real self-control and live their lives fully.
    Karl Albrecht
    German entrepreneur (1920 - 2014)
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  • Les Brown A lot of people do not muster the courage to live their dreams because they are afraid to die.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Fred A. Allen A celebrity is a person who works hard all of their life to become well known, and then wears dark glasses to avoid being recognized.
    Fred A. Allen
    American comic (1894 - 1956)
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  • Aeschylus And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe A purpose you impart is no longer your own.
    Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
    German writer and poet (1749 - 1832)
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  • Thomas Gray Alas! regardless of their doom, the little victims play! No sense have they of ills to come nor care beyond today.
    Thomas Gray
    British poet (1716 - 1771)
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  • John Ruskin Children see in their parents the past, their parents see in them the future; and if we find more love in the parents for their children than in children for their parents, this is sad but natural. Who does not entertain his hopes more than his recollections.
    John Ruskin
    English art critic (1819 - 1900)
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  • Les Brown Help others achieve their dreams and you will achieve yours.
    Les Brown
    American motivational speaker, author and radio DJ (1945 - )
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  • Voltaire Judge a person by their questions, rather than their answers.
    Voltaire
    French writer and philosopher (ps. of Fran ois Marie Arouet) (1694 - 1778)
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  • Martin Luther King Knowledge is a process of piling up facts; wisdom lies in their simplification.
    Martin Luther King
    American preacher (1929 - 1968)
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  • Camille Paglia Men are run ragged by female sexuality all their lives. From the beginning of his life to the end, no man ever fully commands any woman. It's an illusion. Men are pussy-whipped. And they know it. That's what the strip clubs are about; not woman as victim, not woman as slave, but woman as goddess.
    As quoted in Sexuality and Gender (2002)
    Camille Paglia
    American academic and social critic (1947 - )
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  • Benjamin Disraeli Circumstances are beyond human control, but our conduct is in our own power.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Norman Vincent Peale Every problem has in it the seeds of its own solution. If you don't have any problems, you don't get any seeds.
    Norman Vincent Peale
    American minister and author (1898 - 1993)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne Experience has taught me this, that we undo ourselves by impatience. Misfortunes have their life and their limits, their sickness and their health.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Mahatma Gandhi It is unwise to be too sure of one's own wisdom. It is healthy to be reminded that the strongest might weaken and the wisest might err.
    Mahatma Gandhi
    Indian politician (1869 - 1948)
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  • William E. Gladstone Men are apt to mistake the strength of their feeling for the strength of their argument. The heated mind resents the chill touch and relentless scrutiny of logic.
    William E. Gladstone
    British Liberal Prime Minister, Statesman (1809 - 1888)
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