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Edward Coke: Precaution is better...

Edward Coke: Precaution is better...

Precaution is better than cure.

Source: In Webster's Electronic Quotebase, ed....

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Thomas C Haliburton: Contentment is, after...

Thomas C Haliburton: Contentment is, after...

Contentment is, after all, simply refined indolence.

Source: In Correct Quotes for...

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John Selden: Humility is a...

John Selden: Humility is a...

Humility is a virtue all preach, none practice, and yet everybody is content to hear. The master thinks it good...

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Louis Nizer: A graceful taunt...

Louis Nizer: A graceful taunt...

A graceful taunt is worth a thousand insults.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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Ralph Nader: Sanctions against polluters...

Ralph Nader: Sanctions against polluters...

Sanctions against polluters are feeble and out of date, and, in any case, are rarely...

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Ralph Nader: The networks are...

Ralph Nader: The networks are...

The networks are not some chicken-coop manufacturing lobby whose calls nobody returns.

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Bella Abzug: The establishment is...

Bella Abzug: The establishment is...

The establishment is made up of little men, very frightened.

Source: In Bella!, by...

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Thomas E Dewey: You can't shoot...

Thomas E Dewey: You can't shoot...

You can't shoot an idea.

Source: Debate with Harold Stassen on whether to outlaw...

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Walter F Mondale: Political image is...

Walter F Mondale: Political image is...

Political image is like mixing cement. When it's wet, you can move it around and shape it, but at some point it...

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Mary Renault: The perpetual stream...

Mary Renault: The perpetual stream...

The perpetual stream of human nature is formed into ever-changing shallows, eddies, falls and pools by the land over...

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Francois LaRochefoucauld: Commonplace minds usually...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: Commonplace minds usually...

Commonplace minds usually condemn what is beyond the reach of their understanding.

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F Scott Fitzgerald: An idea ran...

F Scott Fitzgerald: An idea ran...

An idea ran back and forward in his head like a blind man, knocking over the solid...

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Henry James, Jr: I hate American...

Henry James, Jr: I hate American...

I hate American simplicity. I glory in the piling up of complications of every sort. If I could pronounce the name...

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Iris Murdoch: Happiness is a...

Iris Murdoch: Happiness is a...

Happiness is a matter of one's most ordinary everyday mode of consciousness being busy and lively and unconcerned with...

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Colette: It is wise...

Colette: It is wise...

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

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Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley: Nothing contributes so...

Nothing contributes so much to tranquilizing the mind as a steady purpose -- a point on which the soul may fix its...

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Ishmael Reed: We learn about...

Ishmael Reed: We learn about...

We learn about one another's culture the same way we learn about sex: in the streets.

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Louis L'Amour: Victory is not...

Louis L'Amour: Victory is not...

Victory is not won in miles but in inches. Win a little now, hold your ground, and later win a little...

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Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Samuel Smiles: Practical wisdom is...

Practical wisdom is only to be learned in the school of experience. Precepts and instruction are useful so far as they...

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Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a...

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