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  • Aeschylus It is not the oath that makes us believe the man, but the man the oath.
    Aeschylus
    Greek dramatist (525 - 456)
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  • Sir Roger L'Estrange It is not the place, nor the condition, but the mind alone that can make anyone happy or miserable.''
    Sir Roger L'Estrange
    English journalist (1616 - 1702)
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  • William Ellery Channing It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.
    William Ellery Channing
    American Unitarian minister (1780 - 1842)
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  • Quentin Crisp It is not the simple statement of facts that ushers in freedom; it is the constant repetition of them that has this liberating effect. Tolerance is the result not of enlightenment, but of boredom.
    Quentin Crisp
    English writer and actor (1908 - 1999)
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  • Frederick W. Robertson It is not the situation that makes the man, but the man who makes the situation.
    Frederick W. Robertson
    English divine (1816 - 1853)
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  • Charles Darwin It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
    Charles Darwin
    English scientist and biologist (1809 - 1882)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne It is not the want, but rather abundance that creates avarice.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • Adlai Stevenson II It is not the years in your life but the life in your years that counts.
    Address at Princeton University, "The Educated Citizen" (22 March 1954).
    Adlai Stevenson II
    American politician and governor (1900 - 1965)
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  • Julius Caesar It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
    Julius Caesar
    Roman emperor (101 - 44)
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  • William Somerset Maugham It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive.
    William Somerset Maugham
    English writer (1874 - 1965)
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  • Bill Bryson It is not true that the English invented cricket as a way of making all other human endeavours look interesting and lively; that was merely an unintended side effect. I don't wish to denigrate a sport that is enjoyed by millions, some of them awake and facing the right way, but it is an odd game.
    In a Sunburned Country (US) / Down Under (UK) (2000)
    Bill Bryson
    American-British author (1951 - )
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  • Adolf Hitler It is not truth that matters, but victory.
    Adolf Hitler
    German politician (1889 - 1945)
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  • Henri-Frédéric Amiel It is not what he had, or even what he does which expresses the worth of a man, but what he is.
    Henri-Frédéric Amiel
    Swiss philosopher and poet (1821 - 1881)
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  • Tony Robbins It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
    Tony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Anthony Robbins It is not what we get. But who we become, what we contribute... that gives meaning to our lives.
    Anthony Robbins
    American author, entrepreneur, philanthropist and life coach (1960 - )
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  • Thomas Henry Huxley It is not who is right, but what is right, that is of importance.
    Thomas Henry Huxley
    English biologist (1825 - 1895)
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  • Henry Ward Beecher It is not work that kills men; it is worry. Work is healthy; you can hardly put more upon a man than he can bear. Worry is the rust upon the blade. It is not the revolution which destroys the machinery but the friction. Fear secretes acids; but love and trust are sweet juices
    Henry Ward Beecher
    American Congregationalist clergyman, social reformer, and speaker (1813 - 1887)
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  • Bobby Jones It is nothing new or original to say that golf is played one stroke at a time. But it took me many years to realize it.
    Bobby Jones
    American golfer (1902 - 1971)
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche It is obvious that all sense has gone out of modern marriage: which is, however, no objection to marriage but to modernity.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Lord George Byron It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up for a time.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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