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Bob Hope: Bigamy: Only crime...

Bob Hope: Bigamy: Only crime...

Bigamy: Only crime where two rites make a wrong.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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G C Lichtenberg: If another Messiah...

G C Lichtenberg: If another Messiah...

If another Messiah was born he could hardly do so much good as the printing-press.

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Benjamin Franklin: Necessity never made...

Benjamin Franklin: Necessity never made...

Necessity never made a good bargain.

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack, entry for Apr...

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Benjamin Franklin: Constant complaint is...

Benjamin Franklin: Constant complaint is...

Constant complaint is the poorest sort of pay for all the comforts we enjoy.

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Benjamin Franklin: A child thinks...

Benjamin Franklin: A child thinks...

A child thinks 20 shillings and 20 years can never be spent.

Source: In Webster's...

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Benjamin Franklin: A good conscience...

Benjamin Franklin: A good conscience...

A good conscience is a continual Christmas.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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Benjamin Franklin: Promises may fit...

Benjamin Franklin: Promises may fit...

Promises may fit the friends, but non-performance will turn them into enemies.

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Benjamin Franklin: Half a truth...

Benjamin Franklin: Half a truth...

Half a truth is often a great lie.

Source: Poor Richard's Almanack.
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Benjamin Franklin: Would you persuade,...

Benjamin Franklin: Would you persuade,...

Would you persuade, speak of interest, not of reason.

Source: In

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Scott Alexander: All good is...

Scott Alexander: All good is...

All good is hard. All evil is easy. Dying, losing, cheating, and mediocrity is easy. Stay away from...

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Louis Aragon: Can the knowledge...

Louis Aragon: Can the knowledge...

Can the knowledge deriving from reason even begin to compare with knowledge perceptible by...

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Robert Frost: Modern poets talk...

Robert Frost: Modern poets talk...

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by...

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Stanislaus I: Long ailments wear...

Stanislaus I: Long ailments wear...

Long ailments wear out pain, and long hopes, joy.

Source: Maxims, c. 18th...

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Pearl Bailey: No one can...

Pearl Bailey: No one can...

No one can figure out your worth but you.

Source: In Words of Women Quotations for...

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Elizabeth A Drew: The world is...

Elizabeth A Drew: The world is...

The world is not run by thought, nor by imagination, but by opinion.

Source: The...

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Lionel Hampton: Seemed to me...

Lionel Hampton: Seemed to me...

Seemed to me that drumming was the best way to get close to God.

Source: Hamp: An...

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Adam Clayton Powell: Mix a conviction...

Adam Clayton Powell: Mix a conviction...

Mix a conviction with a man and something happens.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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James Madison: The essence of...

James Madison: The essence of...

The essence of government is power; and power, lodged as it must be in human hands, will ever be liable to...

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James Monroe: National honor is...

James Monroe: National honor is...

National honor is national property of the highest value.

Source: First Inaugural...

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Elizabeth Dole: Women share with...

Elizabeth Dole: Women share with...

Women share with men the need for personal success, even the taste of power, and no longer are we willing to satisfy...

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