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[Much] as war attracts me and fascinates my mind with its tremendous situations, I feel more deeply every year . . .… — Winston Churchill Copy Share Image
The art of meditation may be exercised at all hours, and in all places, and men of genius, in their walks, at… — Isaac D'Israeli Copy Share Image
Superstitious notions propagated in infancy are hardly ever totally eradicate, not even in minds grown strong enough to despise the like credulous… — Samuel Richardson Copy Share Image
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Defend me, therefore, common sense, say From reveries so airy, from the toil Of dropping buckets into empty wells, And growing old… — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Whether a party can have much success without a woman present I must ask others to decide, but one thing is certain,… — Desiderius Erasmus Copy Share Image
The same sort of thing happened in my dispute with the National Trust book: Follies: A National Trust Guide, which implied that… — Ian Hamilton Finlay Copy Share Image
“A phenomenon noticeable throughout history regardless of place or period is the pursuit by governments of policies contrary to their own interests.… — Barbara W. Tuchman Copy Share Image
Of this voyage, I observe," says the Admiral, "that it has miraculously been shown, as may be understood by this writing, by… — Christopher Columbus Copy Share Image
I think of the love of God as a great river, pouring through us even as the waters pour through our ravine… — Amy Carmichael Copy Share Image
The real Art of Peace is not to sacrifice a single one of your warriors to defeat an enemy. Vanquish your foes… — Morihei Ueshiba Copy Share Image
Human life is so strangely constituted that even perfected intellectual understanding combined with the richest experience is incapable of conquering innate weaknesses.… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
Brutes find out where their talents lie; A bear will not attempt to fly, A foundered horse will oft debate Before he… — Jonathan Swift Copy Share Image
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Wrinkle not thy face with too much laughter, lest thou become ridiculous; neither wanton thy heart with too much mirth, lest thou… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
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Magic has power to experience and fathom things which are inaccessible to human reason. For magic is a great secret wisdom, just… — Paracelsus Copy Share Image
It is not, then, in the content or substance of folly that its difference from truth lies, but in where it comes… — J. M. Coetzee Copy Share Image
Behold! I am weary of my wisdom, like the bee that has gathered too much honey; I need hands outstretched to take… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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There is nothing that one can say about acting, writing, producing or directing that cannot be revoked in the next breath. Nothing… — Moss Hart Copy Share Image
The fathers greatest folly is that he believes he can be a much more simple person than he is; he is not… — Atom Egoyan Copy Share Image
For take thy ballaunce if thou be so wise, And weigh the winds that under heaven doth blow; Or weigh the light… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
We are now to rank among the nations of the world; but whether our Independence shall prove a blessing or a curse… — George Mason Copy Share Image
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I respect the right of Israel to defend itself, and - and we stand with - with Israel. We're a - a… — Mitt Romney Copy Share Image
What if God were not exactly truth, and if this could be proved? And if he were instead the vanity, the desire… — Friedrich Nietzsche Copy Share Image
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The poor inhabitant below Was quick to learn and wise to know And keenly felt the friendly glow And softer flame; But… — Robert Burns Copy Share Image
Ask Anthony Hopkins how he makes his characters come to life and he just shrugs. I don't know. If I knew, I… — Larry Eisenberg Copy Share Image
How teach again, however, what has been taught correctly and incorrectly learned a thousand thousand times, throughout the millenniums of mankind's prudent… — Joseph Campbell Copy Share Image
Whatever folly men commit, be their shortcomings or their vices what they may, let us exercise forbearance; remember that when these faults… — Arthur Schopenhauer Copy Share Image
There are three things in life which are real: God, human folly and laughter. Since the first two are beyond our comprehension,… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
But I would still reply, that the knavery and folly of men are such common phenomena, that I should rather believe the… — David Hume Copy Share Image
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