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CONSERVATIVE, n. A...

CONSERVATIVE, n. A...

CONSERVATIVE, n. A statesman who is enamoured of existing evils, as distinguished from a Liberal who wishes to replace...

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Florence Nightingale: Were there none...

Florence Nightingale: Were there none...

Were there none who were discontented with what they have, the world would never reach anything...

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Jean de LaBruyere: The wise person...

Jean de LaBruyere: The wise person...

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

Source: In The...

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Baltasar Gracian: Aspire rather to...

Baltasar Gracian: Aspire rather to...

Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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William James: The greatest use...

William James: The greatest use...

The greatest use of a life is to spend it on something that will outlast it.

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Francis Bacon: The place of...

Francis Bacon: The place of...

The place of justice is a hallowed place.

Source: Essays, 'Of Judicature'
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Brigham Young: True independence and...

Brigham Young: True independence and...

True independence and freedom can only exist in doing what's right.

Source: In The...

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Benjamin Franklin: It is foolish...

Benjamin Franklin: It is foolish...

It is foolish to lay out money for the purchase of repentance.

Source: In Correct...

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Benjamin Franklin: I should have...

Benjamin Franklin: I should have...

I should have no objection to go over the same life from its beginning to the end: requesting only the advantage...

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Benjamin Franklin: He that speaks...

Benjamin Franklin: He that speaks...

He that speaks ill of the mare will buy her.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Benjamin Franklin: Many a man...

Benjamin Franklin: Many a man...

Many a man thinks he is buying pleasure, when he is really selling himself to it.

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Benjamin Franklin: Nothing preaches better...

Benjamin Franklin: Nothing preaches better...

Nothing preaches better than the act.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: Experience is a...

Benjamin Franklin: Experience is a...

Experience is a dear teacher, but fools will learn at no other.

Source: In

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Benjamin Franklin: It is the...

Benjamin Franklin: It is the...

It is the eye of other people that ruin us. If I were blind I would want, neither fine clothes, fine houses or fine...

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Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

Robert E Sherwood: He must be...

He must be independent and brave, and sure of himself and of the importance of his work, because if he isn't he will...

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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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Robert Half: Delegating work works,...

Robert Half: Delegating work works,...

Delegating work works, provided the one delegating works, too.

Source: In The...

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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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