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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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Georges Pompidou: There are three...

Georges Pompidou: There are three...

There are three way of courting ruin -- women, gambling, and calling in technicians.

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Edmund Burke: To innovate is...

Edmund Burke: To innovate is...

To innovate is not to reform.

Source: Letter to a Noble Lord (published in Works,...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: I prefer tongue-tied...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: I prefer tongue-tied...

I prefer tongue-tied knowledge to ignorant loquacity.

Source: De Oratore, bk. 3,...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: I am not...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: I am not...

I am not ashamed to confess I am ignorant of what I do not know.

Source:...

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Nancy Astor: I refuse to...

Nancy Astor: I refuse to...

I refuse to admit I'm more than fifty-two even if that does make my sons illegitimate.

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A J Balfour: History does not...

A J Balfour: History does not...

History does not repeat itself. Historians repeat each other.

Source: Quoted by his...

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Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Idleness is only...

Philip Dormer Chesterfield: Idleness is only...

Idleness is only the refuge of weak minds.

Source: Letter to his son, 20 Jul...

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William Temple: Truth will be...

William Temple: Truth will be...

Truth will be uppermost one time or another, like cork, though kept down in the water.

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W C Sellar: History is not...

W C Sellar: History is not...

History is not what you thought. It is what you can remember. All other history defeats...

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W C Sellar: Whenever he returned...

W C Sellar: Whenever he returned...

Whenever he returned to England he always set out again immediately for the Mediterranean and was therefore known as...

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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Being in a...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Being in a...

Being in a hurry is one of the tributes he pays to life.

Source: Balloons,...

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Erica Jong: Bigamy is having...

Erica Jong: Bigamy is having...

Bigamy is having one husband too many. Monogamy is the same.

Source: In Webster's...

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Erica Jong: Jealousy is all...

Erica Jong: Jealousy is all...

Jealousy is all the fun you think they had.

Source: Fear of Flying, 1973
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Erica Jong: Your morals are...

Erica Jong: Your morals are...

Your morals are like roads through the Alps. They make these hairpin turns all the time.

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George Moore: Everybody sets out...

George Moore: Everybody sets out...

Everybody sets out to do something, and everybody does something, but no one does what he sets out to...

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George Moore: There is nothing...

George Moore: There is nothing...

There is nothing so consoling as to find one's neighbor's troubles are at least as great as one's...

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George Moore: The world is...

George Moore: The world is...

The world is dying of machinery; that is the great disease, that is the plague that will sweep away and destroy...

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E L Konigsburg: Happiness is excitement...

E L Konigsburg: Happiness is excitement...

Happiness is excitement that has found a settling down place, but there is always a little corner that keeps flapping...

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Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

Margery Allingham: The optimism of...

The optimism of a healthy mind is indefatigable.

Source: In Words of Women...

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