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Abraham Lincoln: Determine that the...

Abraham Lincoln: Determine that the...

Determine that the thing can and shall be done, and then we shall find the way.

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Abraham Lincoln: The Lord prefers...

Abraham Lincoln: The Lord prefers...

The Lord prefers common-looking people. That is the reason he makes so many of them.

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Abraham Lincoln: If you would...

Abraham Lincoln: If you would...

If you would win a man to your cause, first convince him that you are his sincere friend. Therein is a drop of honey...

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Abraham Lincoln: <I feel> somewhat...

Abraham Lincoln: somewhat...

somewhat like the boy in Kentucky who stubbed his toe while running to see his sweetheart. The boy said he...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: Reason should direct...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: Reason should direct...

Reason should direct and appetite obey.

Source: In Correct Quotes for DOS, WordStar...

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Marcus Tullius Cicero: We think a...

Marcus Tullius Cicero: We think a...

We think a happy life consists in tranquility of mind.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Ronald Reagan: Government should do...

Ronald Reagan: Government should do...

Government should do only those things the people cannot do themselves.

Source:...

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Abraham Lincoln: Freedom is not...

Abraham Lincoln: Freedom is not...

Freedom is not the right to do what we want, but what we ought. Let us have faith that right makes might and in that...

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Abraham Lincoln: Stand with anybody...

Abraham Lincoln: Stand with anybody...

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes...

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Abraham Lincoln: I never had...

Abraham Lincoln: I never had...

I never had a policy; I have just tried to do my very best each and every day.

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Abraham Lincoln: An old Dutch...

Abraham Lincoln: An old Dutch...

An old Dutch farmer, who remarked to a companion once that it was not best to swap horses in...

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E M Forster: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony...

E M Forster: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony...

Beethoven's Fifth Symphony is the most sublime noise that has ever penetrated into the ear of...

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Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

Salman Rushdie: The novel does...

The novel does not seek to establish a privileged language but it insists upon the freedom to portray and analyse the...

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Evelyn Waugh: I haven't been...

Evelyn Waugh: I haven't been...

I haven't been to sleep for over a year. That's why I go to bed early. One needs more rest if one doesn't...

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Evelyn Waugh: We schoolmasters must...

Evelyn Waugh: We schoolmasters must...

We schoolmasters must temper discretion with deceit.

Source: Dr. Fagan, in Decline...

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Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

[Catch22] specified that a concern for one's safety . . . was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could...

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Joseph Heller: Hungry Joe collected...

Joseph Heller: Hungry Joe collected...

Hungry Joe collected lists of fatal diseases and arranged them in alphabetical order so that he could put his finger...

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George Eliot: Sir Joshua would...

George Eliot: Sir Joshua would...

Sir Joshua would have been glad to take her portrait; and he would have had an easier task than the historian at least...

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George Eliot: We want people...

George Eliot: We want people...

We want people to feel with us more than to act for us.

Source: George Eliot's Life...

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George Eliot: Harold, like the...

George Eliot: Harold, like the...

Harold, like the rest of us, had many impressions which saved him the trouble of distinct...

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