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The question who ought to be boss is like who ought to be the tenor in the quartet? Obviously, the man who… — Henry Ford Copy Share Image
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What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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Those who professed themselves unable to believe in the reality of human progress ought to cheer themselves up, as the students under… — Kingsley Amis Copy Share Image
When death comes, it's just like winter. We don't say, "There ought not to be winter." That the winter season, when the… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
The local interest of a State ought in every case to give way to the interests of the Union. For when a… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
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I want to turn my attention to movies about love relationships. Exploring the female psyche - there ought to be some interesting… — Sylvester Stallone Copy Share Image
Nor ought we ever to allow any growing power to acquire such a degree of strength as to be able to tear… — Polybius Copy Share Image
Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pound ought and six, result… — Charles Dickens Copy Share Image
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We like the fine extravagance of that philosopher who declared that no man was as rich as all men ought to be. — Edwin Percy Whipple Copy Share Image
Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. — Douglas MacArthur Copy Share Image
Cunning is none of the best nor worst qualities; it floats between virtue and vice; there is scarce any exigence where it… — Jean de la Bruyere Copy Share Image
In the presence of Jesus in the Holy Sacrament we ought to be like the Blessed in heaven before the Divine Essence — Teresa of Avila Copy Share Image
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If you, unknowing, are able to create masterpieces in color, then unknowledge is your way. But if you are unable to create… — Johannes Itten Copy Share Image
I can cope with nine of them, so they ought to be able to stand one of me. They could end the… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
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Belief is involuntary; nothing involuntary is meritorious or reprehensible. A man ought not to be considered worse or better for his belief. — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
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