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Kenneth Grahame: As a rule,...

Kenneth Grahame: As a rule,...

As a rule, indeed, grown-up people are fairly correct on matters of fact; it is in the higher gift of imagination that...

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Francois Rabelais: In their rules...

Francois Rabelais: In their rules...

In their rules there was only one clause: Do what you will.

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Henry James, Jr: The advantage, the...

Henry James, Jr: The advantage, the...

The advantage, the luxury, as well as the torment of the novelist, is that there is no limit to what he may attempt-...

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Aesop: Kindness effects more...

Aesop: Kindness effects more...

Kindness effects more than severity.

Source: 'The Wind and the Sun'
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John Dalberg Acton: Every thing secret...

John Dalberg Acton: Every thing secret...

Every thing secret degenerates, even the administration of justice; nothing is safe that does not show how it can bear...

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Theodore H White: I'd get into...

Theodore H White: I'd get into...

I'd get into a room and disappear into the woodwork. Now the rooms are so crowded with reporters getting...

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Henry Brooks Adams: Morality is a...

Henry Brooks Adams: Morality is a...

Morality is a private and costly luxury.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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George Bancroft: Beauty is but...

George Bancroft: Beauty is but...

Beauty is but the sensible image of the Infinite. Like truth and justice it lives within us; like virtue and the moral...

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Jacob Bronowski: The values by...

Jacob Bronowski: The values by...

The values by which we are to survive are not rules for just and unjust conduct, but are those deeper illuminations in...

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C Northcote Parkinson: The man who...

C Northcote Parkinson: The man who...

The man who is denied the opportunity of making decisions of importance begins to regard as important the decisions he...

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Claudius: To do nothing...

Claudius: To do nothing...

To do nothing evil is good; to wish nothing evil is better.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Abigail Adams: If particular care...

Abigail Adams: If particular care...

If particular care and attention is not paid to the ladies, we are determined to foment a rebellion, and will not hold...

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Lady Bird Johnson: The coach has...

Lady Bird Johnson: The coach has...

The coach has turned into a pumpkin and the mice have all run away.

Source: Said...

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Mary Todd Lincoln: [O]thers live on...

Mary Todd Lincoln: [O]thers live on...

[O]thers live on in a careless and lukewarm state -- not appearing to fill Longfellow's measure: Into each life, some...

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Imelda Marcos: I get so...

Imelda Marcos: I get so...

I get so tired listening to one million dollars here, one million dollars there, it's so...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: Believe me, this...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: Believe me, this...

Believe me, this country [Florida] has been greatly overrated. One acre of our fine Tennessee land is worth a thousand...

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Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

Rachel Donaldson Jackson: I would rather...

I would rather be a doorkeeper in the house of God than live in that palace at Washington.

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Martha Washington: I am still...

Martha Washington: I am still...

I am still determined to be cheerful and happy in whatever situation I may be. . .

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Rosalynn Carter: You must accept...

Rosalynn Carter: You must accept...

You must accept that you might fail; then, if you do your best and still don't win, at least you can be satisfied that...

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William J Bennett: If my own...

William J Bennett: If my own...

If my own son, who is now 10 months, came to me and said, You promised to pay for my tuition at Harvard; how about...

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