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James Callaghan: A leader has...

James Callaghan: A leader has...

A leader has to 'appear' consistent. That doesn't mean he has to be consistent.

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Robert G Ingersoll: In the republic...

Robert G Ingersoll: In the republic...

In the republic of mediocrity, genius is dangerous.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Dean Acheson: A memorandum is...

Dean Acheson: A memorandum is...

A memorandum is written not to inform the reader but to protect the writer.

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Daniel Webster: The world is...

Daniel Webster: The world is...

The world is governed more by appearances than by realities, so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know...

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Bliss Carman: I often wish...

Bliss Carman: I often wish...

I often wish . . . that I could rid the world of the tyranny of facts. What are facts but compromises? A fact merely...

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Ethel Watts Mumford: Said a Rooster,...

Ethel Watts Mumford: Said a Rooster,...

Said a Rooster, I'd have you all know
I am nearly the whole of the show;
Why, the Sun every morn
Gets up with...

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Robert Bolt: When a man...

Robert Bolt: When a man...

When a man takes an oath, Meg, he's holding his ownself in his own hands. Like water. And if he opens his fingers...

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Robert Browning: Ah, but a...

Robert Browning: Ah, but a...

Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?

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William Cowper: Fanaticism, the false...

William Cowper: Fanaticism, the false...

Fanaticism, the false fire of an overheated mind.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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Emily Dickinson: To make a...

Emily Dickinson: To make a...

To make a prairie
It takes clover and one bee
One clover, and a bee, and revery.
The revery alone will...

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John Clare: Untroubling and untroubled...

John Clare: Untroubling and untroubled...

Untroubling and untroubled where I lie;
The grass below - above the vaulted sky.


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Thomas Gray: Alas! regardless of...

Thomas Gray: Alas! regardless of...

Alas! regardless of their doom,
The little victims play!
No sense have they of ills to come
Nor care...

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Robert Herrick: If well thou...

Robert Herrick: If well thou...

If well thou hast begun, go on; It is the end that crowns us, not the fight.

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Thomas Moore: My only books,...

Thomas Moore: My only books,...

My only books,
Were Woman's looks,
And Folly's all they taught me.


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Francis Quarles: If thy words...

Francis Quarles: If thy words...

If thy words be too luxuriant, confine them, lest they confine thee. He that thinks he can never speak enough, may...

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Edwin A Robinson: Black and unblossomed...

Edwin A Robinson: Black and unblossomed...

Black and unblossomed were the ways he knew,
Dark was the glass through which his fire eye...

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Moslih Eddin Saadi: A little and...

Moslih Eddin Saadi: A little and...

A little and a little, collected together, become a great deal; the heap in the barn consists of single grains, and...

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Janet Erskine Stuart: All sorts of...

Janet Erskine Stuart: All sorts of...

All sorts of spiritual gifts come through privations, if they are accepted.

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Janet Erskine Stuart: Don't wait for...

Janet Erskine Stuart: Don't wait for...

Don't wait for ideal circumstances; they will never come; nor for the best opportunities.

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Janet Erskine Stuart: The great thing...

Janet Erskine Stuart: The great thing...

The great thing and the hard thing is to stick to things when you have outlived the first interest, and not yet got...

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