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Industry is a...

Industry is a...

Industry is a better horse to ride than genius.

Source: Quoted in Cleveland Amory...

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Lost time was...

Lost time was...

Lost time was like a run in a stocking. It always got worse.

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A Scotchman must...

A Scotchman must...

A Scotchman must be a very sturdy moralist who does not love Scotland better than truth.

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Abstinence is as...

Abstinence is as...

Abstinence is as easy to me, as temperance would be difficult.

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BOSWELL. I do...

BOSWELL. I do...

BOSWELL. I do indeed come from Scotland, but I cannot help it . . .
JOHNSON. That, Sir, I find, is what a very...

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If a man...

If a man...

If a man were to go by chance at the same time with Burke under a shed, to shun a shower, he would say - 'this is an...

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Nothing is so...

Nothing is so...

Nothing is so abject and pathetic as a politician who has lost his job, save only a retired...

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I never lecture,...

I never lecture,...

I never lecture, not because I am shy or a bad speaker, but simply because I detest the sort of people who go to...

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Say what you...

Say what you...

Say what you will about the Ten Commandments, you must always come back to the pleasant fact that there are only ten...

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Men become civilized,...

Men become civilized,...

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to...

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If I ever...

If I ever...

If I ever marry it will be on a sudden impulse, as a man shoots himself.

Source: In...

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Lying is not...

Lying is not...

Lying is not only excusable; it is not only innocent; it is, above all, necessary and unavoidable. Without the...

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Honor is simply...

Honor is simply...

Honor is simply the morality of superior men.

Source: In

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Legend : a...

Legend : a...

Legend : a lie that has attained the dignity of age.

Source: In

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There are two...

There are two...

There are two kinds of men -- dead and deadly.

Source: In Webster's Electronic...

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In government offices...

In government offices...

In government offices which are sensitive to the vehemence and passion of mass sentiment public men have no sure...

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If I had...

If I had...

If I had my way, no man guilty of golf would be eligible to any office of trust under the United...

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The chief value...

The chief value...

The chief value of money lies in the fact that one lives in a world in which it is...

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Not only are...

Not only are...

Not only are there as many conflicting truths as there are people to claim them; there are equally multitudinous and...

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COUGH: A convulsion...

COUGH: A convulsion...

COUGH: A convulsion of the lungs, vellicated by some sharp serosity.

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