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Aristotle: Most people would...

Aristotle: Most people would...

Most people would rather give than get affection.

Source: In The Ultimate Success...

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Aristotle: Those who educate...

Aristotle: Those who educate...

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them life,...

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Saint Augustine: Do you wish...

Saint Augustine: Do you wish...

Do you wish to rise? Begin by descending. You plan a tower that will pierce the clouds? Lay first the foundation of...

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Saint Augustine: Find out how...

Saint Augustine: Find out how...

Find out how much God has given you and from it take what you need; the remainder is needed by...

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Saint Augustine: I found thee...

Saint Augustine: I found thee...

I found thee not, O Lord, without, because I erred in seeking thee without that wert...

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Saint Augustine: It was pride...

Saint Augustine: It was pride...

It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.

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Saint Augustine: While the best...

Saint Augustine: While the best...

While the best men are guided by love, most mean are still goaded by fear.

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Francis Bacon: I hold every...

Francis Bacon: I hold every...

I hold every man a debtor to his profession.

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-- Francis Bacon, (Jan 22...

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Francis Bacon: For a crowd...

Francis Bacon: For a crowd...

For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal, where there is no...

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Francis Bacon: I have often...

Francis Bacon: I have often...

I have often thought upon death, and I find it the least of all evils.

Source: An...

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Francis Bacon: It had been...

Francis Bacon: It had been...

It had been hard for him that spake it to have put more truth and untruth together, in few words, than in that speech:...

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Francis Bacon: Cure the disease...

Francis Bacon: Cure the disease...

Cure the disease and kill the patient.

Source: Essays, 'Of Friendship'
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Francis Bacon: Revenge triumphs over...

Francis Bacon: Revenge triumphs over...

Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it; honour aspireth to it; grief flieth to it.

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Francis Bacon: Neither is money...

Francis Bacon: Neither is money...

Neither is money the sinews of war (as it is trivially said).

Source: Essays, 29,...

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Francis Bacon: Prosperity is not...

Francis Bacon: Prosperity is not...

Prosperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and...

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Francis Bacon: The person is...

Francis Bacon: The person is...

The person is a poor judge who by an action can be disgraced more in failing than they can be honored in...

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Francis Bacon: Anger makes dull...

Francis Bacon: Anger makes dull...

Anger makes dull men witty -- but it keeps them poor.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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We must overact...

We must overact...

We must overact our part in some measure, in order to produce any effect at all.

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Words are the...

Words are the...

Words are the only things that last forever.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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ORTHODOX, n. An...

ORTHODOX, n. An...

ORTHODOX, n. An ox wearing the popular religious joke.

Source: The Devil's...

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