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Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Irony is the...

Elizabeth Asquith Bibesco: Irony is the...

Irony is the hygiene of the mind.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

E L Konigsburg: Lying in bed...

Lying in bed just before going to sleep is the worst time for organized thinking; it is the best time for free...

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Rachel Field: There was no...

Rachel Field: There was no...

There was no reality to pain when it left one, thought while it held one fast all other realities...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

Mary Martha Sherwood: The book of...

The book of Nature, my dear Henry, is full of holy lessons, ever new and ever varied; and to learn to discover these...

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Mary Martha Sherwood: Where the habits...

Mary Martha Sherwood: Where the habits...

Where the habits are simple, and the mind truly elevated, then is society in the best state. ....

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J P Donleavy: To marry the...

J P Donleavy: To marry the...

To marry the Irish is to look for poverty.

Source: The Ginger Man, 1955
-- J P...

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A A Milne: If the English...

A A Milne: If the English...

If the English language had been properly organized . . . then there would be a word which meant both 'he' and 'she',...

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A A Milne: Almost anyone can...

A A Milne: Almost anyone can...

Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from that state of...

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Ernest Hemingway: Never mistake motion...

Ernest Hemingway: Never mistake motion...

Never mistake motion for action.

Source: In 1,911 Best Things Anybody Ever Said,...

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Fyodor Dostoyevsky: It is not...

Fyodor Dostoyevsky: It is not...

It is not the brains that matter most, but that which guides them -- the character, the heart, generous qualities,...

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Otto von Bismarck: When a man...

Otto von Bismarck: When a man...

When a man says that he approves something in principal, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it in...

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Otto von Bismarck: When you want...

Otto von Bismarck: When you want...

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS,...

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A J Balfour: Ask with urgency...

A J Balfour: Ask with urgency...

Ask with urgency and passion.

Source: In The Ultimate Success Quotations...

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Winston Churchill: We must beware...

Winston Churchill: We must beware...

We must beware of needless innovation, especially when guided by logic.

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Hubert H Humphrey: If there is...

Hubert H Humphrey: If there is...

If there is dissatisfaction with the status quo, good. If there is ferment, so much the better. If there is...

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Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

Edith Clara Summerskill: I learned that...

I learned that economics was not an exact science and that the most erudite men would analyze the economic ills of the...

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Eugene McCarthy: It is dangerous...

Eugene McCarthy: It is dangerous...

It is dangerous for a national candidate to say things that people might remember.

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James K Polk: If a man...

James K Polk: If a man...

If a man . . . would shake and not be shaken, grip and not be gripped, taking care always to squeeze the hand of his...

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James K Polk: The passion for...

James K Polk: The passion for...

The passion for office among members of Congress is very great, if not absolutely disreputable, and greatly...

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Rutherford B Hayes: In avoiding the...

Rutherford B Hayes: In avoiding the...

In avoiding the appearance of evil, I am not sure but I have sometimes unnecessarily deprived myself and others of...

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